On Tuesday 04 November 2003 01:53 pm, Grant wrote: > > Read the excerpt, follow the link for the complete story: > > > > "Red Hat's chief executive has said that Linux needs to > > mature further > > before home users will get a positive experience from the > > operating system, > > saying they should choose Windows instead... > > > > "Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, > > said on Monday > > that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for > > corporate users, > > home users should stick with Windows: 'I would say that for the > > consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right > > product line,' he > > said..." > > > > http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003110401326NWDTRH > > You don't think that's true? > > - Grant
I do. Most all current home desktop users, windoze users should stay right where they are. Most aren't even aware of 'hardware' issues on anything but Winsux (ie, proprietary, or winhardware). How many times do we now see "...but it works with Windows". Some expect an OS that they can change to with no effort on their part. Creating an unaffordable support headache, misinformation, and discouragement for Linux distros that provide free/free 'as is' GPL/GNU software. I was fortunate. Long long time ago in another world, before the Internet was even a little prevalent, I had a home built computer and belonged to a LUG (http://www.hal-pc.org/). Most everybody used Houston area's 20,000 (not a typo) BBS's to connect (9,6 kb connections), ignoring the fledgling Internet. Even when Net connections became more wide spread, it was then only thru a shell account. Which needed UN*X familiarity and commands to navigate on the server connected to. The solution for many of us was to get a small 'linux on a floppy' distro, or install a 'linux on msdos' distro an play with it. Some went with BSD*. I did both (floppy, then on DOS), an I still think it's a good starting point for those who want or need to abandon M$. Migrate slowly in small steps. Get your feet wet an use to the water before you jump in. And even then, hand holding by peers is often needed. Winblows should be retained for a long time (dual boot). Like I say, I was lucky, havin the world's largest computer group behind and with me. Many don't, or aren't willing to join. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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