On Sunday 11 February 2007 15:33, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:59:56 -0600, "Peter Van Lone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took time to say the following: > >On 2/11/07, Charles R. Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So to end this, the market share is out there for the taking, just > >> have to solve these irritants IMO. With that said, SuSe has come the > >> closest to bridging that gap. They just have a ways to go in my > >> opinion. > > > >I agree, "linux" has a way to go. I also agree that SUSE is getting > >close. But IMHO the biggest obstacle currently (or the item that would > >speed progress the most) is to have pre-installation agreements with > >major hardware vendors. > > > >*MOST* windows users don't interact with installation in anyway ... > >nor should they have to with linux. If the hardware is explicity > >supported by the OEM then most issues go away. > > > >having said that, I still think there are a variety of things (some > >small, some more to do with process, some major like DVD licensing) > >that need to be addressed. I wish there was a wiki somewhere that a > >list of these things could be posted/maintained/argued about and where > >Novell would pay some attention to it. I would think that the "better > >desktop initiative" would want that kind of involvement. > > Granted on one level, it's nice to be able to configure things to ones > liking(s), and that's fine and dandy, but for the most part, major > things like video drivers and the such, it should be a lot painless than > it is. > > >> For what is a man, what has he got? > >> If not himself, then he has naught > >> To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels > > > >I'm curious, what is the source of this quote? > > > >peter > > Frank Sinatra. (Yes, I know it's a Paul Anka song) :-) In this world > of politcally correctness, it's hard to find someone who doesn't kneel! > > > For what is a man, what has he got? > If not himself, then he has naught > To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
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