Posted by Jay G. on 06/08/06 12:45

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:31:38 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 06:19:31 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>>
>>Again, the degree of the competition does not factor in any way into
>>whether or not there were competing formats. Linux has a fraction of the
>>market that Windows has. That doesn't mean that Linux and Windows aren't
>>competing Operating Systems.
>
> One cannot claim "competition" unless there is a MARKET.

There's no market for an Operating System? That must come at a shock to
Microsoft, which built its empire in that market.

> Linux is free. That gives it a User base, not a Customer base.

You can't compete for users? The user base is the ultimate market, since
if more PC users switch to Linux, that takes away users that would be
customers of Microsoft.

Others think Linux has a marketshare too:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-243527.html?legacy=cnet

> Sure, some distro authors "sell" it, but Billy gives it no credence at all.

*Again*, the degree of the competition doesn't factor into whether or not
there's a competition. The person in first place in a race is still in a
competition with the last person in the race, no matter what the distance
between them.

-Jay

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