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Originally Posted by philip.j.fry
I think most companies would worry about it. As for individuals, a major reason why Windows is the prevalent OS for home use, is quite simply the fact that it comes pre-installed on most pcs. If another OS were to be installed in it's place, I doubt many people would think of changing it and any replacement OS would most likely be mostly indistinguishable to the average end user. It would be a change about as significant from an older version of windows to the latest version, people adapt and get used to it.
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Please, lets get serious. Do you really want to explain to your grandmother how to mount disks and to use pine and gnome/kde/whateverX you like to check her email? Windows and Macs are the easiest. THAT is why they come preinstalled because most people can't use Linux. And THAT is why Microsoft is dominating. They are taking away the stuff nerds like to see. Command lines, source code, and so on. You can't customize Windows as much as Linux because Windows is closed. Linux is geared towards nerds, and as long as that is the case, Microsoft will dominate because when they design their software they put a user's hat on, not a nerd's.