Why should there be a war?
John L. Ries | 08/03/07
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Because war sells
John Zern | 08/03/07
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War sells
Boot_Agnostic | 08/06/07
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This is...
cashaww | 08/06/07
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Competition leads to improved products ...
mwagner@... | 08/06/07
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Preinstallation fallacy
Update victim | 08/06/07
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True, but...
John L. Ries | 08/06/07
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Ultimately, Linux vendors ...
mwagner@... | 08/06/07
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Disagree with this
Update victim | 08/06/07
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why do we have the "Geek Squad"
bmore_bro69@... | 08/06/07
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According to what we've been hearing on ZDNet
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Most are Average Users
jkaiserling@... | 08/06/07
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The "Why" of Geek Squad and Firedog...
Wolfie2K3 | 08/06/07
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Average Users
aallord | 08/06/07
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MS help sucks
Greenknight_z | 08/07/07
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Because there are 100's of millions of Windows users
Cayble | 08/07/07
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Computer hardware WAS expensive
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Ms vs Ubuntu Vs Save Tucker
user@... | 08/06/07
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One problem there
gene_fitz@... | 08/08/07
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Linux is Linux, now which Distro do you prefer?
steve@... | 08/06/07
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RE: Linux is linux, ....
GreyGeek | 08/06/07
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Desktop Linux wars?
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Ubuntu only makes money off selling premium support
maldain | 08/03/07
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Well...
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Since you asked
Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/03/07
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Good thing...
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Epistemology
Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/03/07
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Quotes
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Hate to be critical, Anton
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Software Sales and Rumors of War
DannyO_0x98 | 08/04/07
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Thank you Anton
Update victim | 08/06/07
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RE: Suppose you recieved a bill ...
GreyGeek | 08/06/07
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Linux!
cheesyone | 08/07/07
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I have a problem with the word "war"
DanaBlankenhorn | 08/03/07
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Well, it's your word.
Anton Philidor | 08/06/07
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Why?
cashaww | 08/06/07
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The BIG THREE were hung out to dry ...
mwagner@... | 08/06/07
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Don't forget Toyotas in Kentucky!!  (nt)
JLHenry | 08/06/07
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What has your message got to do with Linux and Distributions
zczc2311 | 08/06/07
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HEy!! THis is . . .
JLHenry | 08/06/07
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Bragging rights ...
mwagner@... | 08/06/07
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Prize not worth winning.
Anton Philidor | 08/06/07
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"Red Hat monopoly"?
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Microsoft isn't in the Linux server business...
Anton Philidor | 08/06/07
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Yadda yadda yadda
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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, and sometimes....
handydan918 | 08/06/07
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Nobody wants support anyway
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Did I miss something?
cheesyone | 08/07/07
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Wrong Attitude
Real World | 08/03/07
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As soon as you understand...
Confused by religion | 08/03/07
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right
Real World | 08/03/07
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Sources
Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/03/07
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Just because
Real World | 08/03/07
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What's the use of being dismissive...
John L. Ries | 08/03/07
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What frustrates me
Real World | 08/03/07
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Which is ironic really...
odubtaig | 08/03/07
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To RealWorld
John L. Ries | 08/03/07
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In response to John L Ries
GuidingLight | 08/03/07
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to John L. Ries
Real World | 08/06/07
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I never dismiss views with valid opinions -
Confused by religion | 08/03/07
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Milly....
LazLong | 08/03/07
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Cognitive dissonance
Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/05/07
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they flourish when they have successfully eradicated any competing theolog
deaf_e_kate | 08/05/07
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eclectic religion
reedjjjr | 08/06/07
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Now you are just...
cashaww | 08/06/07
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Behind the "religion"
Craigerjack | 08/06/07
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In this case victory means survival
maldain | 08/03/07
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When Microsoft agreed to sell Linux...
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Well, now they are.
odubtaig | 08/03/07
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Live with the companies that produce Linux.
Anton Philidor | 08/03/07
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Religosity of both sides
owner@... | 08/06/07
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When you forget the crimes one has commited
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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I completely...
cashaww | 08/06/07
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Think again
Real World | 08/08/07
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What is meant by "beating Windows"
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Win the desktops, and you wil win the servers
tristanrhodes | 08/03/07
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This is something I always assumed...but..
DanaBlankenhorn | 08/03/07
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Not so simple
zoroaster | 08/04/07
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Different Distros for different purposes.
russell@... | 08/03/07
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Ubuntu, most popular
xstep | 08/03/07
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How about application support?
DanaBlankenhorn | 08/03/07
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RE: How about application support?
ruped24 | 08/03/07
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There's the Debian repositories, all 14 CDs worth.
odubtaig | 08/04/07
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Application support
cheesyone | 08/07/07
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RE: Ubuntu, most popular
GreyGeek | 08/06/07
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It's the Year of Linux...
frgough | 08/03/07
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it will never be the year of linux
rabbitnightmare | 08/04/07
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You are correct
Linux User 147560 | 08/06/07
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Windows?
cheesyone | 08/07/07
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The trademark
alaniane@... | 08/08/07
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For now, maybe
Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/03/07
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absolutelly not
rabbitnightmare | 08/03/07
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huh?
zoroaster | 08/04/07
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driverhunt?
rabbitnightmare | 08/04/07
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Because I too have had to fight tooth and nail
Linux User 147560 | 08/06/07
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Every version of windows that I
alaniane@... | 08/08/07
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Hello Mr. 180
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Getting programs in the stores
BroGnorik | 08/03/07
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ubuntu is overrated and so is this article
Someguy2 | 08/03/07
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Ubuntu is the easiest Linux ever.
BroGnorik | 08/03/07
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wireles fixed
srobtjones@... | 08/03/07
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re wireless
owner@... | 08/06/07
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Message has been deleted.
tombalablomba | 08/03/07
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Message has been deleted.
odubtaig | 08/03/07
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Message has been deleted.
DarthRidiculous | 08/03/07
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Message has been deleted.
Chad_z | 08/06/07
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...and Linux is better for it
Guilden_NL | 08/11/07
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To beat Windows we may need unity?
srobtjones@... | 08/03/07
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Vlivhed a market that doesn't exist? Yeah, maybe
No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/03/07
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RE: Has Ubuntu clinched the desktop Linux market?
joe6pack_z | 08/03/07
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fortunately
zoroaster | 08/04/07
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Really? What is it missing?
fencer | 08/06/07
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RE: Really? What is it missing?
joe6pack_z | 08/08/07
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Get Real
docbillnet | 08/04/07
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It is a philosophical difference
docbillnet | 08/04/07
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the statistics say yes
stevey_d | 08/04/07
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Outlook 2007
ParrotHeadFL | 08/06/07
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And..
firehound | 08/04/07
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Debian is/has been My personal preference for more than 5 years.
LazLong | 08/04/07
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Ridiculous socialism
Omch'Ar | 08/04/07
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exactly the point
srobtjones@... | 08/06/07
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Um, yeah
Omch'Ar | 08/06/07
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Windows 98 not desktop material nor is linux
tek@... | 08/05/07
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Thank you for your "opinion" and that is all it is...
fr0thy2. | 08/06/07
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How do I change?
Karl42 | 08/05/07
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It's difficult, when you're chained to Microsoft
zaine_ridling | 08/05/07
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Thanks for your suggestions
Karl42 | 08/06/07
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To start with..
firehound | 08/05/07
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Comments appreciated
Karl42 | 08/06/07
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I think Novell released OpenExchange as Evolution.
heres_johnny | 08/06/07
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Outlook Equivalent
pj_mouse | 08/06/07
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Looking for Open Xchange by any chance?
odubtaig | 08/06/07
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You must work for Mike Cox.
LazLong | 08/05/07
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Close but no cigar
Karl42 | 08/06/07
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It seems to me...
LazLong | 08/06/07
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Probably quite a few
odubtaig | 08/06/07
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Oops,
odubtaig | 08/06/07
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Sooner or later
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Vertical Applications
mswift@... | 08/06/07
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Press are idiots
persia | 08/06/07
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OEM support is the key ...
mwagner@... | 08/06/07
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Nonsensical War
nydas | 08/06/07
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Not by a long shot
phillfri | 08/06/07
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No other distro has these endorsements...?
CxO_trainee | 08/06/07
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uBunThu, et al - all over reaching - space cadets !!!
jack-daniels@... | 08/06/07
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As long as somebody does...
Narg | 08/06/07
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and when YOU get real, I might take some notice of your posts
mdsmedia | 08/10/07
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Angry Person + Linux = IDIOT
Guilden_NL | 08/11/07
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Ubuntu still too hard to use...but it's getting better.
The_Curmudgeon | 08/06/07
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Think for just a minute, what you're saying
mdsmedia | 08/10/07
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Ubuntu little brother
mikeholli | 08/06/07
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sheep
johnson12 | 08/06/07
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baaaaaaaaaaaaa
mikeholli | 08/06/07
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Since I switched from . .
JLHenry | 08/06/07
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Sheep Run PCLinuxOS 2007?
Guilden_NL | 08/11/07
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Anyone remember 2001
mindwave@... | 08/06/07
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I'm pleased that you don't represent my opinion
mdsmedia | 08/10/07
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Do you really want to change?
georgeslacombe@... | 08/06/07
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Your average user
alaniane@... | 08/06/07
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edit: average user
alaniane@... | 08/06/07
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There is no war, it's a matter of personal choice
intrepi@... | 08/06/07
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linux vs windows
merc2dogs` | 08/06/07
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Alternatively
odubtaig | 08/06/07
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Your JOKING, right?
mikeholli | 08/06/07
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No.
odubtaig | 08/09/07
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Mandriva
calsoft | 08/06/07
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Others well work looking at
intelliginix@... | 08/06/07
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IBM Lenovo to be preloaded with SLED
smoring | 08/06/07
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What makes U*buntu so special is beyond me
pcguy777 | 08/06/07
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Ubuntu Cool....
mikeholli | 08/06/07
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KDE does much more than that.
T1Oracle | 08/07/07
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Im just mad at dell because
pcguy777 | 08/06/07
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To many distro's is definitely the problem
keeppace | 08/06/07
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Lenovo bundling Novell Linux
bmeacham98@... | 08/06/07
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Ubunyu
mcfeeeb@... | 08/06/07
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BLA BLA BLA
co-eddy | 08/06/07
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Devide and conquer
ursulus | 08/06/07
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You are the farce
Ole Man | 08/06/07
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Ubuntu is not harder than Windows
bobsherrill@... | 08/06/07
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It is easy to use
alaniane@... | 08/08/07
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There is no IntraLinux war
kordoniss@... | 08/06/07
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Linux is ready for Desktop!
Samuel C. | 08/07/07
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Windows Easy, Linux Hard. Ubuntu, not bad !
Jeff_Toronto | 08/07/07
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Windows is not necessarily easy to use
alaniane@... | 08/14/07
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Lonovo Goes with Novell Linux
phillfri | 08/07/07
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The true beauty of linux
gene_fitz@... | 08/08/07
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You don't use Linux, right?
A.Lizard | 08/10/07
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Rally Around Ubuntu
The Rifleman | 08/27/07
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On the surface a two-month delay in Red Hat’s release of Global Desktop Linux is no big deal. (Picture of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu from Indiecom.)
Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for 30 years, a tech freelancer since 1983. You can follow Dana on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
