09-13-2016, 02:36 PM
"I think it's fair to estimate, more people (I'm referring to Joe Public) don't use and configure local area networking, than do..."
I would qualify that, at least as far as currently Joe Public Ubuntu user worldwide. In reality Joe Public Windows user in the United States, (the biggest market share) power lan% usage of some kind is probably more like 50%. (often accomplished in horribly insecure ways) Linux has about 2% of that market share. If there is any wide open area where Linux can take advantage of the Windows privacy and security issues, this is certainly the one. The Linux distro that can put local area networking set up tools into user friendly GUI's, will be the one that impacts that market. Turning small business people into geeks is not the answer. Successful small businesses, and even home businesses here cycle out their office hardware every couple of years. It's stupid tax wise not to. Small businesses harder pressed economically hang on to their hardware longer, but even then five to seven years is usually it. Build a Linux distro with local area power networking from a GUI set up, and the market is there for the taking. It's not geek-dom that wins this market share, it's simple inexpensive (no needed tech support) convenient productivity-dom, and this is the market to go after because of MS privacy and security issues, because these are the people that express those concerns the most realistically, (what can this danger cost me?) Make a RHEL or a Suse Enterprise look and GUI function like Windows as far as power local area networking, and Linux inroads will be made more quickly. This is what I am working on, and concerned with every day, and will continue to test and create, and hope for. I would wager, and probably win, that in the United States Linux distros are more commonly dual booted with Windows than set up as stand alone OSs.
TC
I would qualify that, at least as far as currently Joe Public Ubuntu user worldwide. In reality Joe Public Windows user in the United States, (the biggest market share) power lan% usage of some kind is probably more like 50%. (often accomplished in horribly insecure ways) Linux has about 2% of that market share. If there is any wide open area where Linux can take advantage of the Windows privacy and security issues, this is certainly the one. The Linux distro that can put local area networking set up tools into user friendly GUI's, will be the one that impacts that market. Turning small business people into geeks is not the answer. Successful small businesses, and even home businesses here cycle out their office hardware every couple of years. It's stupid tax wise not to. Small businesses harder pressed economically hang on to their hardware longer, but even then five to seven years is usually it. Build a Linux distro with local area power networking from a GUI set up, and the market is there for the taking. It's not geek-dom that wins this market share, it's simple inexpensive (no needed tech support) convenient productivity-dom, and this is the market to go after because of MS privacy and security issues, because these are the people that express those concerns the most realistically, (what can this danger cost me?) Make a RHEL or a Suse Enterprise look and GUI function like Windows as far as power local area networking, and Linux inroads will be made more quickly. This is what I am working on, and concerned with every day, and will continue to test and create, and hope for. I would wager, and probably win, that in the United States Linux distros are more commonly dual booted with Windows than set up as stand alone OSs.
TC
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