Jamie's Random Musings
Various thoughts and adventures, including but not limited to Linux, Windows XP and Widows Vista, and assorted bits of hardware new and old.
Friday 1 May 2009, 4:12 PM
Windows 7 'Brain Dead Edition' (aka Starter Edition)
Of course, the "upgraded" Windows 7 still can't compete with a Linux installation on features (can you say "OpenOffice"? Sure, I knew you could...), so MS is apparently hoping that consumers will give them even MORE money for MS Office.
Tired of Microsoft cleaning out your wallet for you? Then just say NO to Windows and MS Office!
jw 1/5/2009
PreviousComments on this post
Much to my dismay, the sheeple will do as Castle Redmond commands.
If the "Linux Community" would band together long enough and put out a blitz "this is what Linux is" advertising campaign, it would go a long way to educate those who need it most.
But as always, it will break down into territorial fistfights over which distro and who's in charge. To my experience, many Linux users couldn't care less about others having a good and safe computing environment. Some would argue that geeks should never be put in charge of their own marketing anyway. "Free as in Freedom" might mean the world to us but it leaves everyone else scratching their heads.
And the masses shoveling money into MS Coffers.
We have no one but ourselves to blame.
I've done this marketing locally and it has been more successful than I ever imagined.
Ken Starks
I'm finding open office works really well with vista and 7, so maybe that's a good place to start the weaning away. Get people used to open office on windows and show them that it's the same on linux and even open solaris.
