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Penguin Not Taking Flight Down Under

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flightless-birds dept.

Bill Bennett writes "New Zealand Reseller News reports that Linux adoption down under is three times lower than North America. From the article: 'Adoption of open source software is slow in the Australasian region according to a report from analyst firm Forrester. Only 18% of the businesses in Australia and New Zealand surveyed for the report were using Linux, while 11% were considering its use. Analyst Sam Higgins says the low rate - three times lower than North America - is because open source is caught between two worlds. He says customers have been conditioned to buy software from vendors and their approved partners.'"

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  1. Sheep by geekd · · Score: 5, Funny

    He says customers have been conditioned to buy software from vendors and their approved partners.

    Who would have thought there'd be sheep in New Zealand?

    Seriously, if they want to waste their money, I guess it's good for me. Less competition.

  2. Flightless? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to wikipedia it seems that this isn't exactly a recent problem, penguins have been flightless for over 40 million years...

  3. Poor Penguins... by uncamarty · · Score: 5, Funny
    The REAL reason that Linux hasn't 'taken flight' here in AU is good old Aussie logic.
    1. Penguins can't fly
    2. Penguins can sorta fly - if they're underwater
    3. Ordinary PCs have an inbuilt water incompatibility.
    4. Have you seen the size of the penguins here? They're tiny! How can they be expected to hold any decent processing power, the poor little things?
    5. The upgrade path is simply murder...


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  4. Re:Monkey clans copying each other ? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the monkey clans don't have any contact, how is it explained that the second group seems to be copying the first group ?

    Quantum flux deep juju.

    KFG

  5. Business plan for New Zealand by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its quite easy. Read the article and read especially the fact that people want to buy. So first step is stopping to offer downloads for free and offer Linux in a box.

    Next step is to look at whom you are targeting. The people in New Zealand have hardly ever seen a penguin in their life. So replace that Tux with a friendly looking Kiwi bird and you'll get much more attention from the people there.

    I guess those 2 small steps will double the impact of Linux in New Zealand.