[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Bug #1 - what we're up against

[Pete Stean]

MS are also introducing a PAYG system in Brazil I understand, in order to
tackle piracy. Something like $30 a quarter, although I'm not sure we're
talking US $ - bound to be something on the Register about it...

Pete


On 23/08/07, Phil Bull <philbull at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> Hope work's going well.
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 10:19 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> > Well thats the biggest threat to linux: If Microsoft charged
> > reasonable licenses for their software (ie £20 for Vista Ultimate),
> > FOSS would be blown out of the water.
>
> I really have to disagree on that point. In my experience, very few
> people use Ubuntu because it's free. It is a factor, of course - it
> makes it easier for people to try it out, and people aren't worried
> about being out-of-pocket if they don't like what they see. But it's
> almost never the real reason that they switched.
>
> Most of the people I know who have switched to Ubuntu have done so
> because of the better security and speed improvement. These people were
> sick to the back teeth of having to deal with viruses and spyware, and
> were victims of the usual Windows slowdown which kicks in a few months
> after installation. Having a cheaper Vista license doesn't solve either
> of these problems.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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