[Ilugc] Re: Five crucial things outsiders do not understand about the Linux community
- From: srivasta@xxxxxxxxxx (Manoj Srivastava)
- Date: Wed May 30 12:10:23 2007
On Mon, 28 May 2007 12:16:02 +0530 (IST), Prem Kurian Philip
<prem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
Manor Srivastava wrote:
I suppose you are entitled to your opinion. Fortunately, you can't
force it on other people. As I said earlier, if feel like catering
to end users and increasing market share is an itch you need to
scratch, feel free.
If increasing market share is not quite the itch you feel, then I
guess you can appreciate when hardware makers don't feel the itch to
support Linux (for its lack of market share).
I vote with my wallet. So far, I think I am content with the
trend in hardware support I am seeing; and see no reason to do things
that I don't find fun, or to sacrifice on the altar of the god of
marketing.
But you can't expect other people to work according to your belief
sets.
So you cannot hold onto the view that hardware manufacturers who don't
support Linux must be boycotted right? I am not even getting to the
part where this (boycotting) isn't enforcing your opinion on hardware
manufacturers or not.
I do not buy hardware I can't use. I do not resume to tell
other people what to do. If the hadware vendor wants my custom, and the
custom of the companies whose buying decisions I influence; they''l
provide Linux support. Those that do not lose my patronage.
Such is how the free market works.
You cannot decide to remain a niche player while simultaneously
expecting hardware manufactures to cater to you as if you are a mass
market player.
I am not trying to coerce anyone else to do anything they do not
want. I am happy with my current level of hardware support --heck, I
was happy with it 10 years ago.
I haven't received any response from you on this except the same tired
arguments which I have already addressed.
And you with the same whining as usual.
If you want marketing to be done, get off your butt and do
something about it. Stop haranguing other people who have no interest
in doing so.
manoj
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