Re: 2005 -- We ust take on Windows
From: nunya (business_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 12/31/04
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:34:56 -0800
Boyce Mabri' wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:31:12 +0000, Tom Shelton wrote:
>
>
>>On 2004-12-31, Liam Slider <liam@NOSPAM.liamslider.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:06:40 +0000, Tom Shelton wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Except that Halo2 doesn't really compete with those games. D3 and HL2
>>>>are PC games, Halo2 is a console game. Besides, there are D3 and HL2
>>>>xbox versions in development.
>>>
>>>Ok then, GTA San Andreas. On the PS2, by Sony, which happens to be a
>>>company that likes Linux. So much so that the PS3 will run it as it's OS.
>>>
>>
>>And Halo2 is a bigger seller. And so is Doom 3 and Half Life 2. Both
>>comming to XBox - and most likely be xbox live capable. XBox live is Xbox's
>>killer app.
>
>
> Long lines where I live on the eve of the Halo 2 release.
> The local stores stayed open from midnight till whenever to fill orders
> and pickups from people who pre-ordered and there was a LOT and I mean A
> LOT of people waiting in line.
>
The masses of lemmings are quite the sight aren't they. Have Halo2 for
XBox here and it SUCKS!!!
> FWIW Compusa stayed open late to fill Windows XP orders when it was
> released.
Marketing at it's best (or worst), which happens to be Microsoft's ONLY
claim to real fame at all.
> Some Linux fools showed up to hand out CDs and convert the crowd but they
> were virtually ignored.
>
> When was the last time a Linux application generated that kind of interest?
>
On a daily basis actually.
> They don't because people are simply not interested in Linux.
> Linux is a dud for average Joe.
>
And so is education, reality, peace, the list goes on and on ...........
> The day that the Linux community discovers average Joe is the day Linux
> will start to gain desktop market share.
It is doing so NOW
> Well written help files.
Always has been the BEST with documentation, not some buggy insecure
"help" file.
> Applications that aren't eternally in Beta.
Ah, like all software form the likes of Microsoft (although YOU pay for
theirs).
> Distributions that talk to each other.
Guess you have never actually run Linux at all have you.
> Common package management systems.
AH, so you seem to lack the capacity to understand CHOICE
> Etc...
>
> Until that day arrives, Linux is just another geek toy.
> Boyce
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