Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/09/06 03:24

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:45:35 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:

>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.

Dumbass. MS SELLS their product. Linux distros are freely
available. Are you beginning to garner a clue?
>
>> Linux is free. That gives it a User base, not a Customer base.
>
>You can't compete for users?

Totally different subject.

> The user base is the ultimate market,

No shit, but the word COMPETITION refers to a money based market,
not a popular demand based market of a free product.

> since
>if more PC users switch to Linux, that takes away users that would be
>customers of Microsoft.

You'll catch up, eventually. There are only about three hundred
threads on this topic in the MS and Linux groups.

>Others think Linux has a marketshare too:
>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2
What some twit CALLS something, and what it actually is can be two
different things, and no, you cannot reverse that one on me.

>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 third degree?

> 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.

This wasn't about distance either. You'll catch up... eventually.

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