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>there is no market available for that product. The people that would benefit use Windows, OSX, iOS, and Android already. There's a huge market for that produc

>there is no market available for that product. The people that would benefit use Windows, OSX, iOS, and Android already. There's a huge market for that product - everyone already using Windows, OSX, iOS, and Android. Talk about validation (minus Windows at least, where it's not clear what portion use it b/c they have to vs want to).

maxerickson 13y ago
I remember at the time of the Vista launch spending a quiet afternoon going in to donate blood at the Red Cross. They had quite some more donors than they had expected, so there was lots of time to wait. While I waited, I discussed Vista with someone who was clearly a Windows enthusiast. It was also fairly clear that they weren't much of a technologist. I sort of spent the time trying to find the words to encourage him to give it a little time. I was and still am using XP. I have Linux in some VMs. I can see transitioning, but haven't bitten the bullet. More succinctly, I wonder if you are projecting your doubts a little bit.
- SkyMarshal 13y ago
  >More succinctly, I wonder if you are projecting your doubts a little bit. Not sure I understand you correctly. To clarify, what I'm saying is, any OS that people use because they want to is an opportunity to do it better and sway them. They may be personally invested, but they're invested because it's a good product, so if you can one-up that you have a chance of winning them over, and it's actually possible they could swap to your OS. If they're using an OS b/c corporate IT mandates it, fat chance they'll ever reinstall their work computer's desktop. I just don't have any good guess as to what portion of Windows users are the former or latter.
  - mixmastamyk 13y ago
    Not sure about that, but we know approximately how many people have changed to a Linux desktop, and it has always been near 1%.
    - SkyMarshal 13y ago
      And that's all it may ever be, and that's fine as long as the reason isn't b/c Linux is self-sabotaging by not having a highly polished, competitive desktop experience. It's getting close, Ubuntu is arguably there, but obviously alternatives are needed since not everyone likes Unity. Kudos to eOS for shaping up to be another viable contender.
mixmastamyk 13y ago
Ok, a huge market that has 0% interest in a new Linux desktop.

maxerickson 13y ago

I remember at the time of the Vista launch spending a quiet afternoon going in to donate blood at the Red Cross. They had quite some more donors than they had expected, so there was lots of time to wait. While I waited, I discussed Vista with someone who was clearly a Windows enthusiast. It was also fairly clear that they weren't much of a technologist. I sort of spent the time trying to find the words to encourage him to give it a little time. I was and still am using XP. I have Linux in some VMs. I can see transitioning, but haven't bitten the bullet. More succinctly, I wonder if you are projecting your doubts a little bit.

SkyMarshal 13y ago
>More succinctly, I wonder if you are projecting your doubts a little bit. Not sure I understand you correctly. To clarify, what I'm saying is, any OS that people use because they want to is an opportunity to do it better and sway them. They may be personally invested, but they're invested because it's a good product, so if you can one-up that you have a chance of winning them over, and it's actually possible they could swap to your OS. If they're using an OS b/c corporate IT mandates it, fat chance they'll ever reinstall their work computer's desktop. I just don't have any good guess as to what portion of Windows users are the former or latter.
- mixmastamyk 13y ago
  Not sure about that, but we know approximately how many people have changed to a Linux desktop, and it has always been near 1%.
  - SkyMarshal 13y ago
    And that's all it may ever be, and that's fine as long as the reason isn't b/c Linux is self-sabotaging by not having a highly polished, competitive desktop experience. It's getting close, Ubuntu is arguably there, but obviously alternatives are needed since not everyone likes Unity. Kudos to eOS for shaping up to be another viable contender.

mixmastamyk 13y ago

Ok, a huge market that has 0% interest in a new Linux desktop.