Re: Linux Market share?

From: billwg (billw_at_twcf.rr.com)
Date: 07/12/05 

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:37:18 GMT

"TokaMundo" <TokaMundo@weedizgood.org> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:57:46 GMT, "billwg" <billw@twcf.rr.com> Gave
> us:
>
>>
>>The money is what makes the market. Markets are measured in terms of the
>>money spent to buy products that compete in the same market and market
>>growth or decline is measured in terms of money increases or decreases
>>over
>>time.
>
> Yes, the current definition of the term market is for sold products.
>
>> It has nothing to do with how many people use the products or how
>>often they use them.
>
> Seems Bill thinks differently. He is not happy about the popularity
> of the FREELY available OS product called Linux...
>
How do you know what Bill thinks? Did he tell you? Or did you read that in
COLA?

>> It only depends on how much money they spend annually
>>for the products.
>
> For the strictest analysis of the term, yes... however, for a
> statistic of number of OSes on boxes, the stats are quite different.
>
How do you know that number?

>>
>>If a customer purchases a linux based PC to replace a Windows based PC,
>>that
>>is a loss of share for Microsoft. If the customer switches from Sun
>>servers
>>and terminals to some distributed linux based PC network, that is a growth
>>of the desktop market as well as a share loss by Microsoft, but it is also
>>an opportunity for Microsoft to compete for the business.
>
> Once a customer switches to Linux.... good luck.. Billy. When the
> numbers come in at the end of the year, the IT department is happy,
> and gets bonuses... No turning back then...

A myth to be sure. An IT department buying Sun Microsystems hardware is a
worse proposition than an IT department buying Intel hardware and running
linux. The latter is a lot closer to buying Windows than the former and
which Intel compatible vendor is going to advertise the most and have the
most recognition?

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