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From: William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?
>and the like. Very few people currently install Linux in order to run
>Windows apps on it.
While that's true, the first half of the sentence is also true by itself.
Emulators are what's necessary in the short term to fix that.
Killer apps for Linux could fix it in the long term, but there's a hell of a
hill to climb.
>have you, preload Linux. The vast majority of computer buyers who get
>Linux do not get it preinstalled, which is my point, that reseller
>pressure would not be effective.
My point, however, is that for Linux to really grow, it needs to move into
the market that DOES consist of preinstalled systems.
Yes, Linux is a kick-ass server OS, and a kick-ass hobbiest OS, and pretty
much kick-ass for any purpose that the hardware will support. But one thing
it isn't, yet, is a good mass-market OS. And one thing it needs to get
there is a kick-ass emulator.
Either that, or native Linux versions of some unknown "critical mass" level
of the most popular mass-market applications.
It'd almost HAVE to include native Linux versions of Microsoft Office
applications to make it, barring a complete look-and-feel-alike competitor,
and wouldn't the lawyers love *THAT*.
You could possibly make it with native Linux versions of all the top games
(and I know we've got a good start on that, but we ain't there yet) and
really good competitors to Office. But, let's face it, regardless of what
word processor is "better" the fact is that most people use Word now. It'd
be hard to make them switch.
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