On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:34:55 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rob wrote:
>> The reason windows is so popular, besides B.G.'s shrewd >> %*&^(#$ business acumen, is they can buy a computer with >> it installed, plug in and go. >> Until, or even if, Linux becomes more user friendly it >> won't go over with the common everday user > As you have said, the key feature of Windows success is that it > comes pre-installed on the computer. The everyday user does not > have to install Windows; he does not have to configure it for his > hardware. User-friendliness is not the issue. A pre-installed, > pre-configured KDE desktop is very user-friendly. Point-and-click, > no problem. > All the complaints I hear about "unfriendly" Linux relate to > installation and configuration. These are side issues, unrelated > to the everyday user who buys a new computer with pre-configured > GUI operating system and pre-installed software. In this context > Linux can be just as user-friendly as Windows. I agree. The problem is simply this.... Where would the "common everday user" go to buy a computer with Linux and KDE already pre-installed, pre-configured and "ready to run"??? BestBuy does not have any. Circuit City does not have any. Office Max does not have any. GateWay does not have any. (just checked it and Gateway has 2 options on OS.... WinXP home edition/WinXP Pro edition) Those are the types of stores where that "common everday user" will be shopping for a new computer. Only those of us who DO NOT fit into the catagory of "common everday user" will ever shop for a computer at any of those places listed here..... http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
