I do a +1 on Mr. Gautam's statement. Ankur Kumar <[email protected]> Master in Computer Applications
Mobile: +91-9695436176 On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Gautam Chaudhary <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:52 PM, kenneth gonsalves <[email protected] > > wrote: >> >> in my opinion, this is totally wrong. Any user is comfortable with what >> he is using and reluctant to shift. This is human nature. When one buys >> a machine, one automatically gets windows. So one uses it and gets used >> to it. There is no knowledge of alternatives. It is not like buying a >> bike or a mixie where there is a huge range of choice - and every choice >> heavily advertised. I bought a laptop last week. It came with linpus >> linux - I had to demand it and when it came I had to fight with the >> dealer to prevent him for putting an 'operating system' and a lot of >> what you call 'feature rich and easy to use software' for the cost of a >> mere 450 rupees. So reason no 1 for people using windows is that that is >> what they get - and never know anything else. So why do some people >> replace IE with firefox or chrome or opera? The main reason is that they >> get to know about them because they are heavily advertised and promoted, >> are easy to install on windows - and also are good. That way firefox has >> reached critical mass. Even dealers install it at times. >> > > >> > Its not lack of knowledge of FOSS which is helping MS, but >> > non-availability of equally good, ready to use and feature rich >> > alternatives." >> >> sorry - it is lack of knowledge and exposure created in the main by a >> sustained campaign by MS to keep people ignorant and prevent them from >> learning about alternatives. >> > > Yes, this is true and agree on that. But there are even situations where > one is aware of FOSS alternatives but still goes with paid stuff because > they can't fulfill his requirements. Gamers are the biggest example of > this. As most of the computer games are released for windows, pro gamers > will use windows because their main requirement is the game and not the > operating system. And there are so many gamers!! I know companies don't > build linux games because there are not many linux gamers, and the linux > gamers won't increase as long as we don't have goodlinux games. Deadlock :) > > > > I'm a FOSS supporter and try to use them as much as i can. But i do >> > use proprietary software if FOSS alternatives are not good enough for >> > my requirement. >> >> could you mention these? If you do, maybe we can help you to migrate. >> > > Well, as i have been working as a freelancer web developer/designer, i do > need to have the paid image manipulation and vector drawing tools like > photoshop, illustrator etc. Not because i design on them, but because i get > designs generally in these formats and to open them i must have the > softwares. The FOSS alternatives like Gimp, Inkscape etc can't open the > complete designs correctly. And asking clients to use FOSS design tools > would be a stupid thing. > > Also i tried moving to linux as my main OS but could not continue for long > because i keep travelling and most of the time don't have internet access. > Installing and fixing stuff on linux without internet becomes difficult, > and even landed me into troubles at times. > > > Regards, > Gautam Chaudhary > http://gautamchaudhary.com > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
