On May 29 1999, at 01:57, W Canedigh was caught saying:
> Some good reasons for using Linux (there are dozens) is that:
> 1) It doesn't even HAVE a "blue screen of death".
> 2) The best way to "cure" a monopoly is to support workable
> alternatives to that monopoly
> 3) Using Unix brings "heavy iron" software to the desktop.
> 4) Although computers on the desktop are actually incredibly fast these
> days, "code bloat" has kept them running like old XT's ... yielding
> "hardly acceptable" performance instead of "wow!" performance. It
> doesn't have to be that way. It just doesn't.
These are all great reasons, but the question is will they click with
average computer users? I think no BSOD and more overall stability is
one of the big pluses Linux has when trying to get more people to use
it. Better performance on older computers is also a great selling point.
I think most people wouldn't care about #3...most people probably have
never even heard of Unix ("isn't that some kind of male deformity?").
I think the monopoly thing is good, but we don't want to make it into
too much a big point. We don't want to focus on the downpoints of
M$, but instead on the good points of Linux. I've seen far too many
Linux advocacy discussions turn into nothing but Microsoft bashing,
which IMHO is not the best way to proceed when working on a big public
event.
- Deepak
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