Dominik Margraf wrote:
My personal opinion is that, as long as vendors ship their computers with preinsalled Microsoft products, there will be users using them. The sooner the vendors distribute pre-installed desktops/laptops, sooner will be the cannibalization you are talking about. Actually, some laptops are shipped with Debian installed. But their fraction is tiny.Also, the possible release of Etch in Q4 of 2006 (Do you think this timeframe is likely?) will coincide with the release of the M*Shit Longhorn and how much share of the Windows market can be snatched by Linux?
I think it is the other way around. If the big companies like Dell, Sony, Toshiba etc., distribute preinstalled Linux systems, then the change will occur soon.In 10-15 years time, Do you think that Debian will dominate the desktop and the server market to the extent that most desktops/laptops sold in department stores will be preinstalled with Debian (just like today's M*Shit Windows)?
raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Graduate Student, MAE Cornell University http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/