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And I keep spinning my wheels trying to figure out why I’d want to pay for Xandros, Lycoris, or Lindows when I can have a try-before-you-buy (or try-and-never-buy) alternative. Or, for the slightly more savvy, you’ve got Debian and SuSe with network installs. Then you’ve got companies like Red Hat and Mandrake who’ve been players in the Linux market for longer than these upstarts and they’re offering downloadable ISOs for free. ![]() You’ve got a lot of new Linux options vying for that free spot on the hard drives of the disaffected, but they’re trying to charge $99 for their product. You’ve got a critical mass of folks fed up with Microsoft OSes and willing to give something else a try. There’s an interesting economic dynamic here with these distros like Lycoris, Xandros, Lindows, etc. Pay 99 or more dollars for some more support and “ease of use” or learn and download a free version and work with it. #FREE OPENOFFICE DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP HOW TO#Like the article said, he has money so he pays others to do things, when he didn’t have money he learned how to do it himself. Educate yourself and you have more options. People tend to forget that and bash linux for being too hard to learn. Even in the Windows world the power users learned all the little tricks to get more from the system. OR you can buy Xandros, Lycoris, Lindows, et all and stay with point and click. If you want to really use linux then you need some skill beyond the average Joe. The linux/open source community has done a fantastic job reverse enginneering alot of this on their own. #FREE OPENOFFICE DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP SOFTWARE#What it does do well is because of hardware and software vendors supporting it. ![]() But realize that it will have limitations and learn to work around it. If you want a hand holding OS then buy a hand holding OS. Maybe word processing is the exception to this but an OS has to provide services for a wide range of users. A PC is a GENERAL piece of equipment designed to do many things but not necessarily great at any one task. If people learned WHY you would use the CLI instead of a GUI then they would be better off. If people learned how to use an editor and WHY you use an editor, they would be better off. A general computing class should be more than just learning MS Office (like it was at my school). Neal Stephenson is right, we need to meet the computer half-way in order to get more done. The REAL PROBLEM is people who grew up with the “hand-holding” style of computing. I think the $99 dollar distros have their place. See I just made everybody happy (and Linux a ton of money). So just like we have to pay for our Khakis and Polo shirts, we should pay for our OS too (helps pay those pesky programmers and makes them turn out clean code.) Here’s a great idea, to keep things free for technicians, developers and engineers, you get a free 2 year subscription to the distro of your choice when you get certified through CompTIA on A+, Network+, or RHCE. #FREE OPENOFFICE DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP FOR FREE#But we don’t offer our services for free either. I’m a computer technician and I hate paying for product as much as the rest of you. Perception is everything in the market place. Example if you’re here in america and if a bar is offering $1.00 DRAFT BEER the general assumption is that you’ll be getting really cheap domestic beer, not really good high quality German import. Just because something is free or really cheap it is automaticly looked at as inferior. They would judge linux to be a good value if it does everything they can do on windows for 50 dollars less. The general public wants to pay for products, it gives them a sense of ownership. ![]() #FREE OPENOFFICE DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP FULL VERSION#If XP is selling for 129.99 retail then 79.99 would be a good starting point for a FULL distro of RH, you could release UPGRADE product on a 6 to 8 month cycle for a measly 39.99 and a new full version product on 12 to 18 month schedule. In the retail place Linux distrobutions should be selling for less, but not alot cheaper than microsoft products. the more expensive it is the better it is. ![]() Most people place a value on retail products based on their cost, i.e. Everything in this world has a perceived value. ![]()
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