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| #14 : 2007-11-18 07:17 AM
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很久以前在Inquirer上看到一篇文章,
說明為什麼Linux的使用者永遠會和Windows差得很遠,
有興趣可以看一下,
不過因為是Inquirer嘛...
Huge numbers of new Linux users will require huge amounts of support. Proper support, not crappy and impenetrable forum support, where users go in the hope of stumbling across drivers. The end user will need to either have everything done for them with completely automatic updates or by proper phone and Website support.
At this point, Linux will cease to be cheap. Large numbers of new end-users will need a ready source of proper support. The cost of providing this will force companies to charge more for Linux. And as the price of Linux starts to rise, you start to hit issues such as piracy. As with all priced software bundles, you need some type of insurance, such as product activation. The evelopment of this will also cost more money. Add a couple more bucks to the sticker price.
Marketing and advertising would be another issue that would cause Linux prices to bump up. For your Linux to be a worldwide success beyond a hard core of technology enthusiasts, you have to show it off. Tick off a few more million bucks.
But, in order for a company to market a product successfully, ensure it is properly supported and isn't stolen, you also need to differentiate it from all the other flavours of Linux. This means including features that aren't available on other people's versions of Linux. Programmers, designers and consultants will have to be hired to develop these features and drivers. These people aren't cheap. Even games cost $50-60 a copy mainly because they need to include all this stuff, and an OS is far more complex. Pretty soon, you'll be looking at Linux price tags that are just a few dollars behind basic Windows products. Whoops.
And if that's the case, will users be prepared to throw away decades of familiarity, know-how and training and learn something new just to save $20, or will they stick with something familiar? In order for Linux to rival Windows, it will have to become the very thing it set out to destroy.
As George Orwell wrote in Animal Farm:
"Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
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