[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

[Mikems]

I think the next market Linux will seep into is the power user market.
This market is filled with people from the technological press and needs
special care in that case. These are the people who review free
software. They will be fairly critical (as they are with anything
proprietary). When they are critical, people listen. We know this from
how Windows Vista is doing so far. Vista is not a good upgrade from XP,
but much of the commentary on Vista has been a result of average users
exaggerating what these power users have said. Average users trust power
users, when technology concerned, and thus, average users defend
Windows, MacOS, or Linux, based on what technology publications have
said. Then others listen to these average users, and lack the knowledge
of the bigger picture.

I am not trying to compare Linux to Vista, or Free Software to
Proprietary, I am saying that Linux is going to need to grind its teeth
(do penguins have teeth? :D), and to a good extent, tend to the
criticisms of power users, to ensure they do not give Linux (and
specifically Ubuntu), a bad reputation. They are not going to go easy on
Linux, they are not meant to be that forgiving.

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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