On Sunday 24 December 2006 19:03, J Sloan wrote: > John Meyer wrote: > > Fred A. Miller wrote: > >> You can't win the desktop if you don't even try. Right now, few in the > >> Linux world are seriously trying. And time is running out. > > > > I've heard this argument too many times to count. > > With all due respect to the author, the argument is based on the > > assumption that we want to be mainstreram, that we want everybody and > > their grandmother to be running Linux. Personally, I don't. > > Unfortunately, it's not about being mainstream anymore - at this point, > it's about viability, period.
Yes. Oh, and I want it to be mainstream. I'm all for it. I'm not sure if the "window" of opportunity has passed, but that's what I've been wanting for several years now. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want Linux to be mainstream. I'm all for Lindows and what they're doing. If their system had worked on my hardware, I'd be using it. If I wanted to be using a niche OS for hobby purposes, I'd be on BeOS or Minix or MacOS. I want my system to work and that is why I really like Linux. > > If linux can't achieve enough of a critical mass on the desktop to matter, > microsoft will be able to leverage control of all the onramps, so to speak, > to the "information highway", and then it's game over. Unless of course, > you're content to use linux on a hobbyist basis, without meaningful access > to the most internet content, constituting nothing more than small islands > of hopeless, irrelevant rebellion in a microsoft world. > > I agree with esr's contention that somebody needs to get the ball rolling, > and to waste no time. Subscribe! > > > Joe -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
