The real problem is evident in every single one of their replies: Logistics. The common user is simply not going to go out of their way to install linux -- if

The real problem is evident in every single one of their replies: Logistics. The common user is simply not going to go out of their way to install linux -- if they've even heard of it. Microsoft and Apple ship their OSes to retailers pre-installed on machines. A linux box would be $300 - $400 cheaper than the same machine running Windows, but how do people get linux on their machines? They buy a windows machine, then put linux on it. I know a few manufacturers are selling machines with linux pre-installed, but I don't see them at my local Best Buy and I even have to go out of my way to find them online because the selection is simply limited and not widely distributed. And that's why the problem is evident in each and every one of their answers: These aren't business guys. They didn't even consider that they might have a business problem. It doesn't occur to them. That's why linux has a popularity problem.