well it was coincidence ......i just went DIGGing and came up with this http://www.techworld.com/applications/features/index.cfm?FeatureID=2278
On 2/26/06, Anoop Alias <anoopalias01 at gmail.com> wrote: > Lets consider the server side first.Here there is no such thing as > usability* as those who maintains it are trained professionals > ..Availability of trained professionals/Documentaion on the internet > /reliability /manageability /cost-effectiveness all makes linux bettr > choice than Microsoft/Mac/Novell/Commercial Unix like OS /*BSD family > > On the Desktop segment ,The concern is usability..Untrained people who > want their work done than tamper the OS belong to this segment and > this is the where you were telling GNU/Linux is not ready yet > But i would say within some months ,Microsoft will release their VISTA > OS which will have more and more features!. which i am sure will make > it difficult for an average end user to (first they have to understand > what those feature is!) use it.(I know some people who still clings to > WIN98 because XP is more harder to use) > From the other end GNU/Linux distros that concentrates on desktop like > Ubuntu/Linspire/Xandros etc have made it more and more easier to use > Linux . > So now tell me is not Linux ready for the desktop......it only depends > on the way you look at it .and its only a matter of few months > When MS releses VISTA,and The Desktop Linuxes relese their next > release..... there will be a merge from two sides in which the user > will surely have to make a choice of a Desktop with useability as the > main concern. > So according to my theory Linux is already ready /its only a matter of > a couple of months for the driving force (Consumer Market!) to make it > known to the world that Linux is ready for the Desktop > > (Now we are telling hydrogen fuel /LPG is not ready for full > deployment in vehicles,but imagine if tomorrow all the petrolium wells > are empty.Then i am sure hydrogen (even nuclear! fuels) are ready for > any conditions within hours! ) > > > > -- > Anoop.P.Alias > Y! anoopalias01 > Talk anoopalias01 at chat.gizmoproject.com > Knowledge of millions -http://en.wikipedia.org > -- Anoop.P.Alias Y! anoopalias01 Talk anoopalias01 at chat.gizmoproject.com Knowledge of millions -http://en.wikipedia.org
