Linux is attracting less than 20% on the desktop market is quite simple.
Linux is not easy to use.
I think it has more to do with aggressive marketing by Microsoft in
making sure all OEM's install Windows. Windows 3.x was a travesty in
terms of easy of use but it started the whole pre-installed culture
which we are still fighting today.
Simon
Simon
Mugarura Cavin wrote:
> The reason why
> Linux is attracting less than 20% on the desktop market is quite simple.
> Linux is not easy to use. You dont need a doctor (Western/African) to
> tell you this. The different distro's have tried to address this
> concern. So simon - I did not state that Linpus is the messiah, but i
> suggested that it has a chance. There could be other's which are even
> simpler.
>
> can i stop here.
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL
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>> 1. Re: Why You should all Care. (Simon Vass)
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>> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:58:10 +0300
>> From: Simon Vass <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>> Subject: Re: [LUG] Why You should all Care.
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linux Users Group Uganda
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>> and breath...... well said Jon. I think Joseph might have been playing
>> devil's advocate though. I was most interested in
>>
>> Obama's rise to the highest seat, should be a lesson to cliques who
>>
>>> think Microsoft will dominate forever,
>>> i have i used several distro's of Linux, but right now i might say
>>> Linpus is the closest to wrestling Windoze
>>> from the lead.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Is there ways we can use this recent election to draw experiences to
>> promote Open Source? Yes I think that OSS can be spread much faster
>> through the grassroots, which seems to have played a huge part in this
>> election. We can encourage that changing to use OSS is not something to
>> fear but embrace. To quote the man "Yes we can!". We can continue to
>> define/develop how open source differs from closed and keep explaining
>> how the community works.
>>
>> IMHO I do not think any one distribution is going to wrestle the lead
>> from Microsoft, and in all honesty I think this is no longer the battle.
>> Focusing on the desktop has developed Linux a long way but with more and
>> more Applications being placed in the cloud I think this is a) were the
>> focus should be and b) were I think Linux actually leads. What is
>> interesting is that Microsoft are listening and have sped up the
>> development of Windows 7. This should be the communities focus, as this
>> I feel is a primary strength. The speed at which many can move over one
>> monolith company is amazing. I am always amazed at how withing hours of
>> a bug being filed in Linux fixes are posted, where as it take MS weeks.
>>
>> This I feel is one of the OSS double edged swords, that you can "skin
>> the cat" any one of infinite (exaggeration) ways and as such it become a
>> myriad of options and choices, and no sooner do you make your choice and
>> a new one is presented. I seem to spend my entire life reading and
>> learning about new applications and methods, which I love, but recognize
>> this is not for everyone, and a very big part of my job is to filter
>> this for my clients.
>>
>> So how to we retain the complexity and diversity of OSS, but at the same
>> time allow people (including me) to make simple decisions as to which
>> OS/Email App/etc they would like to use, and would do the best for them.
>>
>> Personally I feel very buoyed about the elections in the U.S. and
>> especially by the reaction of the world to it. I too come from a diverse
>> background and have a diverse heritage. Anything that allow
>> people/countries to move beyond the politics of me to us and our I think
>> can only be a good thing. I especially was blown away at how
>> Youtube/Twitter played a part in this election. Whilst the realism that
>> for the majority of Africans is that this is still a world away, slowly
>> one person at a time this is changing and with it the way we must view
>> the world as a collection of individual countries and or distributions.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> J.Gosier wrote:
>>
>>> I can't believe this was said from a native African.
>>>
>>> Here is the one reason why everyone in the world should care that
>>> Obama is th president Elect of the United States. Since World War II
>>> the U.S. has been the most powerful, influential nation on the
>>> planet. For better or for worse, the economy exploded rapidly, the
>>> state of Europe today was 100% affected by what happened then and
>>> Africa has been on the receiving end of shovels full of money from
>>> both the U.S., Europe, the U.N. and the World Bank. Because of other
>>> nations meddling, there's been a chess game at work when it comes to
>>> Africa's developing countries. One leader is aided in wresting power
>>> from someone else more corrupt because other nations around the globe
>>> have vested interests in having someone 'friendly' to their ideals.
>>> That more than anything has been the story of Africa since colonialism.
>>>
>>> This has lead to the deaths of millions to the rise of a number of
>>> 'bad idea to begin with' leaders all over the continent. As much as
>>> America claims it doesn't play this game, it does. It's helped define
>>> borders (ex. Liberia) and end wars. It's helped fight famine and slow
>>> the spread of AIDS.
>>>
>>> So whomever controls the most powerful and influential nation in the
>>> world, becomes by default the most powerful person in the world. That
>>> person can be an stubborn, intolerant, childish, ignorant,
>>> unprecedented moron like Georgia W. Bush or it can be a progressive,
>>> inspirational, open-minded person like Barack Obama.
>>>
>>> When the U.S. bombed Somalia looking for Al-Quaeda in 2006-7 you're
>>> telling me it 'didn't matter' who was in charge to make that
>>> decision? When we started an endless war in Iraq for reasons that
>>> were blatant lies to the American public, it 'didn't matter' who was
>>> in charge? When our country put pressure on all our 'allies' to
>>> mirror our decisions in all this, it 'didn't matter' who was in
>>> charge? When the American economy tanked because of poor regulation
>>> and oversight from our government, it 'didn't matter' that this
>>> rippled around the world (arguably) sending the world economy into
>>> recession? And ultimately, when George Bush and John McCain tell the
>>> American public 'Nothing is wrong, everything is fine. We must stay
>>> the course.' it doesn't matter? Despite the fact that most of the
>>> world disagreed with how we were making decisions. It absolutely
>>> matters. In fact it matters so much, it matters more than it
>>> *should*, for the sake of 'world-democracy'.
>>>
>>> Even if you don't agree with the policies, the ideals and culture of
>>> America, one thing is for sure: we're all connected. My interest in
>>> what's going on in America right now is every bit as deep as my
>>> concern for what will happen to the ANC in South Africa and the
>>> situation in Congo. One thing affects another and, especially in
>>> Africa, history shows us that when one area falls into a chaos, it has
>>> a way of negatively affecting the countries around it.
>>>
>>> People around the world often complain about how dumb, ignorant and
>>> aggressive American people can be. I'd argue that, while one man
>>> can't possibly change 300 million people, he can lead in a way that
>>> inspires more to be like him. He can simply serve as a positive
>>> example.
>>>
>>> The excitement has nothing to do with the fact that he's black and a
>>> first generation African-American, in my opinion. That's just a
>>> footnote among all the reasons to be excited about Obama...and this is
>>> coming from a Black-American. I'd have been just as excited if his
>>> ancestry were Asian whatever else if his ideals and philosophies were
>>> the same. Hilary Clinton would have made an 'okay' leader but a few
>>> things curbed my interest in her a) how she (negatively) ran her
>>> campaign and b) the fact she supported the Iraq war. Again, it has
>>> nothing to do with race or gender, it's all about the mans mentality
>>> and what he's exemplified in his actions.
>>>
>>> Okay, enough ranting about my country for now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan D. Gosier
>>> Appfrica International
>>> P.O. Box 1420 Kampala, Uganda
>>> http://appfrica.net - African Technology and Social Media Blog
>>> http://appfrica.org - Incubator for East African Entrepreneurs in Software
>>>
>>> Uganda +256.773806071
>>> USA +1.520.318.0828 ext 145
>>> UK +44.2032398156
>>> Skype j.gosier
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>>>
>>>
>>> joseph mpora wrote:
>>>
>>>> I really don't see the cause for all the excitement. I can understand
>>>> why African-Americans are excited, it's the first time the US has
>>>> picked a president from a minority (can't remember the exact
>>>> percentage but its around 20%)
>>>>
>>>> For Africa, it probably bears not real significance. Obama is
>>>> American, his priority is America. I believe his dad (the Kenyan)
>>>> abandoned his family and Obama has only visited Kenya a few times.
>>>>
>>>> Would we be this excited if it had been Hillary Clinton, an election
>>>> which would have been just as historic?
>>>>
>>>> PS: I was routing for Obama, mostly because what he said made sense,
>>>> not because he is black (ahem, African-American)
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Dennis M S <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Need i say more....history has been made ,now every down trodden
>>>>> fellow can dream....it can only b USA
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