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"Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message 
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> On 5/06/2015 6:20 AM, felix_unger wrote:
>> On 03-June-2015 8:52 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message
>>> news:556eb761$0$12910$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com...
>>>> On 3/06/2015 1:22 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ct7455F645gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On 03-June-2015 7:51 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:ct54d9Fkl9tU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> On 02-June-2015 3:22 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:ct4ncdFhls0U2@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is everyone going to get their free copy?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just replied on the W7 Ult machine will have to fire up the others
>>>>>>>>> to check. At this stage will be
>>>>>>>>> 5 copies.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> why are they doing this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because all their competition does that now.
>>>>>
>>>>>> what competition?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Mac OS-X, iOS, android, Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> everyone uses M$
>>>>>
>>>>> Not anymore now that so many are
>>>>> using tablets and smartphones now.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's true though most I know still have a home PC at this stage.
>>>
>>> Plenty I know don’t use them much at all anymore.
>>>
>>>> I guess they are wanting to hang on to that market for as long as
>>>> possible.
>>>
>>> MS has noticed that they never did get that many upgrading
>>> and that almost all of their sales was with new hardware.
>>>
>>>> Linux on the desktop is effectively dead
>>>
>>> Nope, just a microscopic share of the desktop market.
>>>
>>>> and is of no consequence.
>>>
>>> It is what runs on the absolute vast bulk of
>>> tablets and smartphones and even Macs now.
>>
>> most phones use android
>>
>
> Yep, and that's nothing like a Linux desktop.

But its very like linux underneath.

> Linux on the desktop was a no-show mostly because there were too many 
> distros, too many arseholes in the community making life hard for noobs 
> and there was bugger all support for Linux.

Its was a no show for the same reason Win is dying,
most are moving to tablets and phones now.

>>>>>> except maybe large commercial organizations or corporations.
>>>>>> goverments?
>>>
>>>>> Quite a few of the more rabid fanatics do use linux now.
>>>
>>>> Hardly anyone uses Linux on the desktop now and never really did.
>>>
>>> Yes, but that is because few use desktops anymore.
>>>
>>>>>>>> It's unpreceedented for M$ to give away an operating system.
>>>
>>>>>>> Its unprecedented for all their competition to do that too.
>>>
>>>>>>>> what's the catch?
>>>
>>>>>>> There is no catch.
>>>
>>>>>> but we're talking about M$ :)
>>>
>>>>> They don’t get to have any catch now that all
>>>>> their competition is giving upgrades away now.
>>>
>>>>> MS has just decided to go with the flow and only get any money
>>>>> for the OS that comes with the new hardware people buy
>>>
>>>> Well, I'm still going to wait for user feedback before installing
>>>> just the same.
>>>
>>> Sure, no reason not to, there isn't any dramatic advantage with it.
 

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