<sarcasm>Don't worry Google will solve it in mid 2010</sarcasm>
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Juan Alberto Cirez <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, > > Before I am stoned to death let me explain the above tagline: I love > GNU/Linux; and I've been using it since 1995. Not only do I love GNU/Linux; > but I am one of the few that refuses to run any other distro than Slackware. > There is no other OS that can come close to GNU/Linux in terms of > reliability, scalability, security (and believe or not, ease of use). That > of course, holds true as long as one is running GNU/Linux as a server > (preferably from a shell prompt). > > As a desktop (or even a netbook), on the other hand, GNU/Linux simply > BLOWS...and SUCKS. It is incompatible with most (new) hardware (i.e, > out-of-the-box, plug & play). For anyone without a good working knowledge of > computer science, GNU/Linux present a myriad of problems; least of which is > the lack of support for the applications and peripherals the average user is > accustomed to using. To them, let's face it, GNU/Linux is just plain > different. > > Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC, a market research company stated: > "...Many users found that the universe of applications compatible with > Windows was much larger than those with [GNU/Linux].”. This statement > (again, for the average user not familiar with apt-get; Slackware's swaret > and the rest) is surprisingly true. If the idea behind the GNU/Linux Desktop > was to capture the average user; then it has failed. Miserably. Take the > Netbook Market for example: GNU/Linux’s market share on these devices has > dramatically declined. In 2008, about 24.5 percent of netbooks shipped with > an GNU/Linux operating system, estimates IDC. This year, it’s expected to > plunge to 4.5 percent, and in 2010 only 3 percent of all netbooks will run a > GNU/Linux-based OS. > > -- > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > Juan Alberto Cirez > CFAA/CFAT, AFSA/CFAT-CFET,CIPS/ISP, ASTTBC/CFET, CHI(e) > Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager > J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc > Fire Protection | IT Services | Security | Home Inspections | Consulting > Tel. : (780)972-4739 > Fax : (780)747-6078 > Email: [email protected] > Web : http://www.jacintech.com > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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