More reasons Windows 7 will kill Linux

There's no way that Windows

There's no way that Windows 7 is going to kill Linux. First, because Linux means much more than just getting software for free. It means freedom. Okay, most ordinary people are willing to sell their freedom in exchange for proprietary software which they think is better. Most of the time it is because they either do not know about free software or do not know enough about computers to run Linux. This is about to change with Ubuntu bring a very easy Linux experience to ordinary users.

Linux has only been expanding with years, there's no way it can be stopped. For sure, Microsoft and other companies can try as hard as they can to stop it, it is only going to slow the progress of Linux.

Linux is making Microsoft very worried for its future, and I would also be worried if I were them.

Windows 7 Kill Linux - NOT!!

Hey, let's face it. Microsoft has become bloated software that isn't compatible with older hardware (Bloatsa). It's just like the car companies that didn't pay attention to markets. In case you didn't realize we are in an economic downturn. This means that millions of people who have lost their jobs will not go out and purchase a new OS called Windows 7 and new hardware 400-1000K or more (waste, waste, waste). The elite will go out and get the latest and greatest. MS is just scared about market share and rightfully so. You are blowing it when it comes to the one thing that made the company (the desktop). I have 12 years in IT make well over 80K per year as a DBA. I dabbled with Linux for several years and recently installed Ubuntu. Summary = MS better get with the program else end up like Chrysler.

Only Use Microsoft Windows

Thats like saying everyone is stupid, can never learn anything and better rely on (JO TECH STUPID) all he knows is Microsoft anything else can’t be good because its free and must be against the law?? Better to waste ones money eat Pizza every night because I can’t cook!!!

Fine eat only Pizza that’s your choice not others!!

Maybe you don’t understand because usually you dont get what you pay for!!! like Microsoft said, they listened when Vista came out??? I mean (windows 7) Please.(Thats why my TV card does not work under Vista)!!!

Linux users have Closed View?? Ha Ha, I thought life was about trying something new to learn something different to open ones source of mind and aspect on the view of life???.....

The fact is NOT everyone wants to sit around all day wasting time waiting for "my computer guy" (JO TECH STUPID) to come around!!!

And when he does come around tells you that ,it’s a Microsoft thing why you can’t play DivX on your xbox360!!! What,, an idiot!!!

I wanna know I am in control at no cost and can get to that meeting on time because I arranged it!!...

You CANT make money from Linux because NOBODY owns it!! Its like the Air that you breath!! Its free, take it away and you kill allot of people by polluting the atmosphere on purpose and then getting people to pay for cleaner air or pay taxes/licence So they can profit and make money from it, keeping people in control .

(Better for them not to know how it works but provide it as a profit making service)???

wow What an idiot!!! WHAT AN IDIOT!!!.....

Reality for you Linux fanboys

Now I have your attention, stop and think about what I am about to say. Windows will beat Linux on netbooks for 1 reason, the audience using netbooks. You assume that because you want to spend time "knowing" how you pc works that everybody else does also. THEY DON'T! The average person buying a pc, laptop or netbook wants something they are familiar with and they can use easily. They want to plug it in and if they have a problem be able to call "my computer guy" and have it fixed fast. Most of them have a "computer guy" that is a friend or relative that knows just a little more than they do. These people are not going to run to a free os. They believe you get what you pay for. They follow the Warren Buffet thought process, if you don't know what it is, don't get it. These people are the reason every pizza joint in the country has delivery, they want convenience, and Windows offers that. So what that there is a security issue, they don't even use passwords at home, they let the system store all of them for them. They don't do updates on their own, they don't even install their own programs. Geez, they don't buy anything without the blessing of their "computer guy". And you fanboys think these people are going to use Linux just because it's free, wake up. You guys are tech freaks, to you it's a no brainer, to them, it's not worth the hassle. You fanboys should stop assuming the world looks at computing like you do, most of the population here is baby boomer or older, they don't set the clocks on the microwave! You should look "Big Picture" instead of your closed view. I'm not the biggest fan of m$ but I use it because I have too many people calling me that do, and I need to be able to walk them thru a problem or help them fast. And for you guys that don't get it, if Linux is sooooo great, and soooo viable as a Windows killer, then why is there nobody trying to make money off it? When somebody finds a way to financially profit from an open source system, then it will be marketed and promoted in a way to compete with the big boys. Until then it will remain a tech guy thing and the mainstream public will not care.

No Windows 7 for me

I have been using Windows since 3.1. Recently I finally switched from Windows to Linux at home. I had already been using Linux at my business for 7 years. Why? Because Linux has saved me thousands upon thousands of dollars, and works better than Windows. I especially enjoy not taking down my servers and computers all of the time installing security patches. If I need a piece of software for any function at all, I can download it for free and have it installed on my Linux computer within minutes. No need to go window shopping. Open source has been putting the squeeze on Microsoft and I hope it continues. I still use a Pentium III for my main computer with Fedora 10, and it works fine. I'm not going out to waste $400 and buy a new desktop just to upgrade to Windows Vista/7. Over the years my frustration with Microsoft products has increased, to the extent that I finally decided to vent and write my own personal article: http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux.

What's with all the fighting talk?

I really don't understand why people are talking about this as though only one OS can win. Competition is good for innovation and always has been. We have a Windows desktop, a Macbook and an Ubuntu linux netbook in our house. They have all been tweaked to be how we want them. Ultimately these different platforms will continue to coexist and people will choose what works for them.

How can you kill the sales of something that isn't sold?

For the most part Linux isn't sold, it is freely given away. So how No matter which way you look at it MS is always going to be afraid or Linux because it always has the potential to "Kill Windows Sales". Remember Windows is actually sold and Linux is not. Now I am a big believer in Capitalism and Free Entertprise but with that you have to make a product that is competative to keep your market share. Thank God for the Linux community (not just for the this reason) for developing an OS('s) that are giving MS Windows competition and forcing them to make their product "better". Oh, and just becuase MS Windows has been shoved in our faces and most have blindly accepted it and are not "familiar/comfortable" with it, even though everyone I talk to complains about the computer problem they are have (running windows), doesn't make MS Windows better. Is sanity statistical?