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Gartner Says Linux PCs Just Used To Pirate Windows
LostCluster writes "CNET is reporting results from a Gartner Group report that claims 40% of desktop machines sold with Linux on them are being used to run pirate copies of Windows! The report goes on to say that this stat reaches as high in 80% in 'emerging markets', the same places that the stripped down lite version of Windows is being aimed at. Gartner's making a bold prediction that the number of machines sold as Linux desktops may eclipse the number of machines actually running Linux."
WTF would I want to run ANY version of Windows at home, if I'm running Linux?
That's just pure, unmitigated flamebait, but I'll bite.
No-one cares if YOU want to run Linux, Windows or OS/2. YOU are not the average consumer; this is evidenced by the fact that you are running linux.
The average windows user probably wants to use windows because only windows will allow you to reliably open and modify MS-Word documents (since office only runs reliably on Windows). Or perhaps they want to play games, most of which will not run on Linux -even with WINE. Or maybe they have windows-specific sound or other software that -again- will not function on Linux, and for which a linux counter-part either doesn't exist, or is of questionably quality.
Again, just because YOU are so blinded by Linux fundamentalism that you cannot imagine any reason to run windows, does not mean that the rest of us have no reason to.
No, you fucking cock-end. You payed for software that came with a license, and you are bound by that license. If you dont like the terms, DONT FUCKING BUY IT!
If the vendor is shipping someone elses OS, they agree to the terms they are given, or they don't ship it at all. CAN YOU GRASP THIS CONCEPT?
I think a lot of people run windows and don't want to admit it. Despite all the claims to run gentoo, and debian, there are a lot of techno pansies that are still running redhat and dual booting with windows. You look at these people's desktops and they only wish that they were running unix 24/7. The fact is that they are running the pansy operating system, and they even like the eye candy.
They will even run a pirated version of the eye candy os. And this report goes to prove that.
Folks are you fish or foul? If you are such bold slash dotters, why should a report like this touch a nerve? Maybe you have something to hide?
If you define the average computer user as someone who uses Windows, then of course, you will find that 100% of average users use Windows.
That's either sloppy or selective reading comprehension right there. I never wrote that "the average computer user" ran windows; what I wrote was the average windows user.
And no, for a proffessional enviroment, OOo does not work well enough to replace office. Not by a long shot.
Again, you make the mistake of assuming anyone gives two shits what you run.
We don't.
I'm explaining why people who run windows probably run it.
No-one gives two shits about the rambling of fundamentalist linux users, other than other linux extremists (a group I'm proud to not be a member of).
You're just pissed because his wife's dick is bigger than yours, you immature fuck.