Re:Plans and Countermeasures (Score 2, Insightful)

Sounds like a two-front combination of "Plans and Countermeasures" mentioned above perhaps, and the below suggestions:

What about :
- GNU/Linux instead of Palladium Windows
- A PowerPC G4 based PC instead of a Palladium Intel/AMD based one
- ogg/mp3 and divx instead of Palladium cds and dvds
- P2P instead of Palladium Amazon

Yes, Joe User prefers Windows/Intel/DVD/Amazon for now. But the choice will be very different when he will be annoyed by palladium every time he wants to listen to music or watch a movie.
Just be patient : they're working for us. And in the meantime, you can help to improve the alternative (hint, hint.)
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And keep on trying to make the barrier to entry less daunting to those on the outside who are willing to experiment--make dual booting easy--but who want to take their time to learn about Linux, not have to take a CS course before they can understand how to get their soundcards working.

The more uptake in the regular world, the more the word will spread.

PS. Also this:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,543317,00.a sp

(Apple/IBM team up on 64 bit Power4 architecture.)

or even this as food for thought about compatible hardware that exists now.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5610
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