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Linux #1 in Germany

Whilst it is impressive you have to account some of it being a good deal on the laptop itself. A free OS is a good lure in a difficult consumer climate.
 
Whilst it is impressive you have to account some of it being a good deal on the laptop itself. A free OS is a good lure in a difficult consumer climate.
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And you also have to consider that Linux has made a lot more inroads in non-US countries. Lots of people/companies over there aren't as locked into MS software like we are and lots of them would rather not support a US company unless they have to.

This isn't the 2007 list that was on Slashdot the other day, is it?
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I don't read German but it looks like a current list to me.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Whilst it is impressive you have to account some of it being a good deal on the laptop itself. A free OS is a good lure in a difficult consumer climate.
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And you also have to consider that Linux has made a lot more inroads in non-US countries. Lots of people/companies over there aren't as locked into MS software like we are and lots of them would rather not support a US company unless they have to.
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Which I have, whilst being better placed to look into it being that I'm in a non-US country myself. 🙂 I know many eastern European countries that have no legacy MS software are well ahead on linux for new distributions.

Some of it the movement is bandwagon snap decisions and some of it is very deliberate calculated choices. It's not so much about supporting a US company, but freedom and interoperability. I'm still slightly wary of some decisions, particularly in public sector turning bad because they see a free price tag up front and forget about any sort of support and maintenance cost during the lifecycle of the system.
 
I'm still slightly wary of some decisions, particularly in public sector turning bad because they see a free price tag up front and forget about any sort of support and maintenance cost during the lifecycle of the system.
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True, but I'd rather they err in that direction than in the opposite.
 
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