> people will instantly believe the "alternative" to Windows is a worse imitation. Why? I would think the opposite would be true, generally. Right now in most

> people will instantly believe the "alternative" to Windows is a worse imitation. Why? I would think the opposite would be true, generally. Right now in most people's minds there are "PCs" (i.e. Windows machines), which are more budget-friendly, and Macs, which are fancier but more expensive. Just put Kubuntu on a machine and sell it for more than the comparable machine running Windows and people will assume it's better.