[plug] Linux Desktop Market

[John Knight]

Interesting indeed, just the kind of discussion I was trying to arouse! :D 
It seems there are people half-way between homes though. My mates love OSS 
and use OSS apps on their PCs, especially MPlayer. They love using KDE and 
some of the lightweight WMs as well, the only real qualm they have is 
installation, and it's enough of a put-off for them to give up.... :( An 
interesting assumption on everyone's part, it seems the entire world has 
internet access. ;) Well, just a joke there, but I just realised that most 
of my mates aren't connected....

"...it was brilliant, there was three up against a thousand, and boy, did we 
give those three heaps!"

>
>Alex Nordstrom (lx at se.linux.org) wrote:
> >
> > Then they are free to keep using MS Windows. If security, stability and
> > usability are less important than the perceived cost of using a single
> > interface to install, update, and remove software (rather than Googling
> > for software, assessing the trustworthiness of hundreds of vendors, and
> > then actively monitoring their Web sites for updates), they might have
> > already found their home.
> >
> >
>
>Well said.
>
>Too often linux guys get wrapped up in the plans for world domination (ie,
>linux on every desktop and server) without asking the question 'why?'.
>
>If windows works for you, use it. It doesnt work for me, so I dont. It isnt
>necessary for every man and his dog to use Linux for me to enjoy it and get
>use out of it. I run Mandriva. My girlfriend runs OS X. My 4 year old runs
>WinXP. My brother runs Win98. My dad runs Suse at the moment (he chops and
>changes alot).
>
>Why? Cos it makes sense for their usage.
>