I don't see the problem with linux being ease of use so much as compatibility of software that people know and understand (e.g.: outlook, IE, Word). Sure, there are alternatives for Linux, but the method of acquisition is completely different. I can wander down to CompUSA and buy a new copy of windows, office, and Quicken all at the same time... or, I can buy a new copy of RedHat, and... download the applications to run on it? Installation is easy now for Linux itself. The problem is the apps, in my opinion.
Solve the problem of how to get a PC not only installed with Linux, but also easily installed with all of the apps the user needs ( -- easy as in, pop in a CD/DVD, hit OK and they configure themselves, regardless of which flavor of Linux you're using -- ) and making them easily accessible ( -- double-click from the desktop easy -- ) and Linux will truly be poised to take over.
So what you're saying is, rather than running directly to the shitter, the shitter will be running directly down my leg?
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I don't mean this as a troll, it's an honest questioning of the often-touted belief that what we're buying is a license to use the "information" (ie: listen to the CD):
If I'm buying a license to use it (in this case, the cd), and not actually buying what's on the item itself (the music that's stored on that cd), why can't I take my cracked CD to a CD store, pay a nominal materials fee to cover the cost of re-burning, packing, shipping, etc. this new CD, and have my broken one replaced? I have, after all, already purchased the rights to listen to the CD -- it's just that my physical medium has been destroyed. Isn't a complete disregard for the physical medium, and instead a focus on the right of the user to make use of the product, what's being focused on in arguing that it's a license for use, and not a license of ownership?
I'd appreciate anyones responses to that, legal, philosophical, or otherwise. I believe that some software companies offer this option, but I've never heard of the RIAA offering to replace broken cd's.
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I don't see the problem with linux being ease of use so much as compatibility of software that people know and understand (e.g.: outlook, IE, Word). Sure, there are alternatives for Linux, but the method of acquisition is completely different. I can wander down to CompUSA and buy a new copy of windows, office, and Quicken all at the same time ... or, I can buy a new copy of RedHat, and ... download the applications to run on it? Installation is easy now for Linux itself. The problem is the apps, in my opinion.
Solve the problem of how to get a PC not only installed with Linux, but also easily installed with all of the apps the user needs ( -- easy as in, pop in a CD/DVD, hit OK and they configure themselves, regardless of which flavor of Linux you're using -- ) and making them easily accessible ( -- double-click from the desktop easy -- ) and Linux will truly be poised to take over.
So what you're saying is, rather than running directly to the shitter, the shitter will be running directly down my leg?
I don't mean this as a troll, it's an honest questioning of the often-touted belief that what we're buying is a license to use the "information" (ie: listen to the CD):
If I'm buying a license to use it (in this case, the cd), and not actually buying what's on the item itself (the music that's stored on that cd), why can't I take my cracked CD to a CD store, pay a nominal materials fee to cover the cost of re-burning, packing, shipping, etc. this new CD, and have my broken one replaced? I have, after all, already purchased the rights to listen to the CD -- it's just that my physical medium has been destroyed. Isn't a complete disregard for the physical medium, and instead a focus on the right of the user to make use of the product, what's being focused on in arguing that it's a license for use, and not a license of ownership?
I'd appreciate anyones responses to that, legal, philosophical, or otherwise. I believe that some software companies offer this option, but I've never heard of the RIAA offering to replace broken cd's.