"Dave" wrote in message
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Billy Smith wrote:

How do you explain this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Top500_OS.png

What it says to me is that your corporate and university level people
working with supercomputers are going to Linux versus Unix or in the case
of Microsoft they aren't going to use it. Thats doesn't mean that Microsoft
makes a bad product for the general consumer market. Linux does have its use
and one of its uses is that it tends to be rather fast for an operating
system. However, if you consider speed anything you should use Linux. Yet
when you use a wide variety of PC appplications, you will find that they
aren't usable in Linux format. You can partition your drive to use both
Microsoft based stuff and Linux or you can stick with what you know.
For most people, they are not going to use Linux because A: There is no need
for using it and B: They don't have the capability to babysit Linux based
systems. The average computer science grad or expert in the computer field
very well might get some usage out of it. For most people, they are content
in using Microsoft Office or whatever works for plug and play applications.

Theyr'e not going to waste their time formatting their hard drive to run a
program and system that while being faster doesn't have the applicable uses
that a Microsoft system has. The Microsoft systems have that advantage
because you can put in any XP or Vista or 98 based software of which I have
at least one in each operating system. You can put in any program that is
made for that system and use it. That cannot be said for converting your
system to Linux no matter how much faster it may be. Its not really worth
the time for most people

If you want to put Linux and make it customizable to your system that works
for those applications then go for it.. For the general computer user that
exists in the general public, then most people go for Microsoft. They're not
going to use Linux and I would venture than Microsoft is much more
recognizable than what Linux has been or probably will ever be.

Linux is still at the infancy state of the computer realm. Its not going to
catch on all that much for the hundreds of millions of computer users.

Thats why Mac will never be a viable competitor to Microsoft. They're still
stuck in the proprietary and infant stage. Just like the Iphone. I would
have actually been interested in getting an Iphone but when I have to use
ATT for service, they can forget it. I used to have Cingular and it was a
joke for phone service but also their customer service section was
incompetent at best. I can actually pay my bill through Verizon and know
what I actually owe. Nice concept isnt it.

Macs will never become more than fancy overpriced boxes for graphics users,
game players, etc. You never see that many Macs ever used for servers,
internet commerce, etc. Thats why you can go to the Apple store here in
Louisville and find out that a Mac will cost you 1500 to 2000 dollars when a
basic Vista/XP computer will net you half those amounts. When Apple learns
to market their computers and systems correctly and produce something worth
really having, then they will take off. Until then, they don't have a prayer
competition wise.