Comments on: Firefox flying high http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/firefox-flying-high/ food for thought about technology Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: brian http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/firefox-flying-high/#comment-3 brian Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:53:08 +0000 http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/firefox-flying-high/#comment-3 I think it's all about awareness, or the lack thereof: Open source, being mostly free doesn't have the marketing muscle of a Microsoft and vendors like IBM and Novell aren't interested in marketing to consumers. Neither are the OEMs because providing and supporting Linux increases their costs and lower Windows volumes would reduce the discount they can get from Microsoft Besides, it has been all too easy to pirate Microsoft software - just ask the BSA - until now. Hopefully, Vista will change all that and get people looking for alternatives. I think it’s all about awareness, or the lack thereof: Open source, being mostly free doesn’t have the marketing muscle of a Microsoft and vendors like IBM and Novell aren’t interested in marketing to consumers. Neither are the OEMs because providing and supporting Linux increases their costs and lower Windows volumes would reduce the discount they can get from Microsoft Besides, it has been all too easy to pirate Microsoft software – just ask the BSA – until now. Hopefully, Vista will change all that and get people looking for alternatives.

]]> By: Ivo Vegter http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/firefox-flying-high/#comment-2 Ivo Vegter Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:07:58 +0000 http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/firefox-flying-high/#comment-2 Welcome to the blogosphere :) I've been puzzled by stats that show Firefox (and by extension, I guess, open source software in general) is less popular in poor countries (Latin America, Africa and Asia) than in the US or especially Europe. Have you seen any good explanation for this? I haven't. Welcome to the blogosphere :)

I’ve been puzzled by stats that show Firefox (and by extension, I guess, open source software in general) is less popular in poor countries (Latin America, Africa and Asia) than in the US or especially Europe. Have you seen any good explanation for this? I haven’t.

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