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13 reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you.
desktoplinux.com — This guest column by Kim Brebach, a consultant with an Australian technology marketing group, attempts to view Linux from the perspective of an ordinary, nontechnical end user.
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- Waterrat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6 Why does this keep being posted on Digg?
it's already on my desktop,thank you very much. - db113456, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I see Kim is trying , some last ditch attempt to protect and preserve the desktop for Microsoft. Marketing and corporate greed has never been part of Linux success story, It was a massive community driven effort, and for a very long time, we did not even have statistics about Linux penetration, now we have. Open source and free software development is a very democratic and open process, ideals i am sure are quite foreign to Kim, the is no single entity you can buy or bribe to put Linux and free software away, and that is exactly why it still survives. Many corps. have seen this , an figured to join in, some still have some issues with greed, but i am sure they will get it right in the future. Linux does not work with deadlines, you get the release when it is ready, and not a day sooner. Lately there has been some efforts to marginalize the community aspect of Linux and free / Open source software, i see these efforts to be quite ineffective, the community aspect is alive and thriving very well. New projects are started, install fests are held, larger conferences are held, debates are as vivid as ever ...
What Kim doesn't get is how to interface with the community properly ... - Spr0k3t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Kim Brebach is trying too hard. All 13 points trail from a single line: Linux is not Windows. The more Kim writes, the more people lash out in response to his writings.
- daftman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4And the more revenue he gets.
So ignore his gibberish and bury this POS- Spr0k3t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1VVerd
- daftman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4And the more revenue he gets.
- schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Steven,
People are different and their needs differ (you already know this). Kim Brebach is a _Windows_ consultant. To him, the learning curve is not worth it. That might be fine. For our parents, however, just a PC that can do E-mail and browsing might be fine. To some, stability is important.
There's no golden test. - tehbored, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3That's *****. I saw a few headlines about Ubuntu on digg, checked it out, installed it and now I love it.
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