Posted by Jay G. on 06/09/06 11:11

On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:24:18 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> 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:
>>> 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?

Are you saying that Windows and Linux are "total apples and oranges"?

>>> Linux is free. That gives it a User base, not a Customer base.
>>
>>You can't compete for users?
>
> Totally different subject.

No, it's not. As you agreed with, users are the ultimate market.

>> 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.

"Competition" only refers to a money based market? That must come as a
surprise to the people who use the word in several other fields, including
biochemistry, ecology, politics, and sports.

Or, here's a definition:

competition
noun
1. A vying with others for victory or supremacy

http://www.answers.com/competition&r=67#Thesaurus

Note that it doesn't mention profit, a product, or even businesses.

>> 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.

Which means, in other terms, you don't think yourself capable of arguing
your case.

>>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.

Yes, and I should for some reason some believe *you* over a site like Cnet:

>>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.
>
> This wasn't about distance either.

It's called a "metaphor." You can look that word up when you're looking up
the definition for "competition."

-Jay

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