Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 20, 2002 05:31 AM
I would think of the targetted customer as: 1 "first time buyer" or
2 "wants an extra computer to play with, maybe use as a server" or
3 "Knows Linux, and wants to transfer her/his entire small business to Linux with out hardware configuration headaches"
The people who complain most about "not having my favourite Windows tool so Linux sux" are usually non-tech savvy professionals who BRAG about paying $3000 for a computer they can barely use and can't admit they don`t have a clue about computers (Accountants, Lawyers, Doctors . . .). These people ONLY buy Dell or name brands, and though they are currently the majority of computer users, they are by no means the majority of POTENTIAL users. In fact, I would say this entire economic slowdown has a lot to do with this market getting saturated, and the most expensive factor of production (the OS) has been unable to adapt (until now).
In short . . . this could be a really GOOD thing for Linux, Microtel, Walmart, and the consumer.
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Re:a hard sell
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 20, 2002 05:31 AM1 "first time buyer" or
2 "wants an extra computer to play with, maybe use as a server" or
3 "Knows Linux, and wants to transfer her/his entire small business to Linux with out hardware configuration headaches"
The people who complain most about "not having my favourite Windows tool so Linux sux" are usually non-tech savvy professionals who BRAG about paying $3000 for a computer they can barely use and can't admit they don`t have a clue about computers (Accountants, Lawyers, Doctors . . .). These people ONLY buy Dell or name brands, and though they are currently the majority of computer users, they are by no means the majority of POTENTIAL users. In fact, I would say this entire economic slowdown has a lot to do with this market getting saturated, and the most expensive factor of production (the OS) has been unable to adapt (until now).
In short . . . this could be a really GOOD thing for Linux, Microtel, Walmart, and the consumer.
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