Why not Linux?

It's been a long time for Linus Torvald's kernel to be in the off-market plate. Still no business tactics could take Linux's influence off from the people and now the demand is growing even with more pance but still lot of hesitations lingering in computer market to choose Linux.



I was looking for a Linux Laptop and found most of them are over priced. How could this is possible to have a notebook with an operating system sold for free can price more than the one with a commercial OS like windows. None of the laptops with Linux systems in the market are no where able to compete with notebooks coming with Windows.

Now days, Microsoft is trying all what they could do to stop Linux from entering into the desktop market. In sever side Linux is having the largest market share. But if you look at the desktop market side, none of the computer manufacturing companies are daring to ship thier desktop or laptop with Linux OS at a competing price that of windows.



Some of the companies should be appreciated for this, for knwoing the demand and the passion. DELL has started selling Linux Laptops with Ubuntu 7.04 version but they are well priced and causing poor customer satisfaction. Even Lenova has started with Linux notebooks which are over priced. And most of the other computer assembling companies are no where in the scene.

But how long this going to exist? Microsoft never revealed the details of the patent violations claimed over linux and Linux developers are wondering what's wrong. It puts linux community under uncertainity and manufactures dont want to take that risk. Also, Microsoft's open source initiatives for MONO which was actually licensed under MPL, was an attempt to put more violations into the application code.
Is there any anwser for this. GPLv3 could not resolve this problem as Microsoft changed deal with Novell. What could be a solution for this?

This problem will persist if customers dont show the enthusiasm to accept linux. But if all people go forward and ready to take that risk, all major product based companies release thier product under linux, all the hardware vendors going to work with Linux, then, the situation going to change. Microsoft will be forced to reveal the patent violations and Linux would able to emerge out from that. Lets watch!!