linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: I might replace Firefox with ???

Well done !!! Thanks.

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, J <dreadpiratejeff@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:29, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> > I don't know what it is with netbook manufacturers installing little known
> > and poor quality Linux distros. You have to think that it would drive
> > anybody away from Linux. and get them crying out for Windows. Many would
> > have had a better experience if the put Ubuntu, Mint, PCLinuxOS or openSuSE
> > on in the first place.
>
> I think that most likely it is that the netbook became a victim of
> Marketing and PHBs. I imagine it went kinda like this:
>
> Boss: We're going to make this thing called a netbook. It's going to
> be tiny, portable, and use cheap, low-power hardware.
> Boss: This way, we can bring something new to the market and sell it
> at a higher markup to people who don't want or can't afford one of our
> full sized laptops.
> Marketing Weenie: That's a GREAT IDEA! And let's put this linux thing
> on it. IT's free, so we'll make that much more on each unit in
> licensing fees.
> Engineer: Linux would be a great idea. It's stable, robust, and will
> probably run a lot faster on low-end hardware than Windows will.
> Marketing Weenie: See, even the Engineer agrees!
> Boss: well, ok then. Lets put Linux on these things and see how it goes.
> Marketing Weenie: I read in a blog that since Linux is free, we can
> make our own. We don't need to use that redhat or sus or whatever.
> We can just take one and make it ours and it won't cost us a dime, AND
> we can market that we have our own operating system.
> Boss: That sounds great! Way to think out of the box there
> Engineer: It would be easier to just put Ubuntu or something else on there.
> Boss: no, I want this to be ours. We'll coordinate through Marketing
> and create our own engineering team.
>
> Announcement: Do you know what Linux is? Come work for us!
>
> months later:
>
> Marketing Weenie: These linux netbooks aren't selling very well.
> Boss: well, I guess this Linux thing must just be a fad that's past
> it's time. Lets pull them and shift to XP.
> Engineer: Ummm, I told you we should have just used an existing
> distribution without changing it.
> New Engineer: Hey, you don't know what you're talking about. It was
> MY OS, and I can lock it down however I see fit. People who buy
> netbooks don't need a full OS or things like command lines anyway.
> ...
>
> And the rest is History...
>