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

Funny! And well written.

I would add that the Bean Counters probably foresaw that Microsoft would
give away XP to woo them back into the fold. They would say that it was free
added value.

Roy

On 25 March 2010 13:35, J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:29, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com<linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>>
> 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...
>
>

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