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(Unverified)Jul 4th 2008 9:54AM
The main concern here should be developing countries... Let's face it folks, we all need PC's but with Vista being as expensive as the whole new PC (if not more and not including Office software plus the extra charge for the downgrade)... Well it might just make things more difficult.
Using Linux on my laptop (Ubuntu 7.10) while working on somebody else's computer has made them ask me about it and has made some people realize that maybe it's time to change (be it a Mac or a PC with any flavor of Linux in most businesses).
To the home user, the alternatives are getting more exposure thanks to cibercaffes (or however you write it). Once they learn how to deal with the "differences" they begin to question why pay for MS stuff and why deal with all the troubles of software piracy (that to the common user translate to constant nagging from the OS and/or the inability to update it).
I do understand that Windows XP is needed and why (there are many apps there that simply have no port on Linux, like medical stuff or custom software). Even if Windows 7 is all that, having to buy new PC's every 2 years is something people on poor countries simply can't afford (nor governments for their schools neither businesses for their employees).
Maybe now Adobe wants to start porting their software to Linux? (crosses fingers).