On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 19:49 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 18:27 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> >> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Like many good ideas, I'd say that this one has very little chance of >> >> > becoming standard practice, given that each Linux app decides for itself >> >> > where to put its config files >> >> >> >> As I told Ed, there is more than config files in .evolution and >> >> .thunderbird: there is data! >> > ---- >> > imagine that... >> > >> > and there is data in ~/.kde, ~/.mozilla and many other '.' directories. >> > That is a long held tradition and certainly not relegated to the 2 >> > applications you are referring to. >> >> Possible. Those are the ones that are causing me problems. >> >> > the Mac user with eyes closed should be using a Mac. >> >> This is the kind of reasoning that brings Mac's market share to around >> 5% worldwide, close to 10% in the US, whereas Linux, also with a *NIX >> based OS, has been hovering around 1% worldwide FOR YEARS. >> >> So, when you call TV stations to inquire why they don't support Linux, >> they answer: "We support Windows because 94% of our users use it. Hey, >> we even support Mas with 5%. But Linux, with 1%... Are you really >> serious? Should we lose your time on irrelevant matters?" >> >> In the end, you'll end up browsing the web with the equivalent of Lynx. >> >> Your opinion I've heard a thousand of times. It's really no use to >> repeat it. It's a loser's definition that claims that making things >> voluntarily harder for newbies is the way to go. Linux, as we know, >> can't go wrong. >> >> Thanks for your contribution, Craig! You make lots of sense. > ---- > again the myopic vision... > > Market penetration: > > - cannot be adequately established for Linux because so few computers > are actually sold with Linux on them. Why is that? In which way would making back-up easier -- and this is only one problem -- make Linux less popular? > The one thing you can somewhat > measure is web browser usage where the statistics aren't as clear cut as > you want to believe. See... > > http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp w3schools.com... Yes, this generally gives you an overall picture. Once again, thanks for your contribution! > - the mission for Linux is to provide the best possible software and not > to get market saturation. Saturation? At 1%.... for years? > - the issue with TV stations isn't really about Linux or Macs or Windows > at all, it is that they are using proprietary technologies which inflate > their audience's costs because of the licensing fees collected by the > companies that make those technologies. That they are blind Yup, they are blind. You go teach them. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
