Michael Leone on Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:56:05 -0400 |
Bob Schwier said: > There is a psychology of brand names at work here. > Linux does not give them comfort because there is no corporate hierarchy > behind it. Both IBM and Windows have brand names behind them. Exactly. > They do not believe that anything can be meaningful without the backing > of some corporation with advertising budget. Exactly again. > I really have to make an installation work to do games that they like > and connect on the web to make them believe that they can really do this > sh..stuff themselves and not need corporate assistance. Ditto number 3! :-) -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348 _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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