Re: Thoughts on Vista

David Maynard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Matt wrote:


I have
switched to new RedHat and Fedora distros several times in the
past few years, and I can't say it is too tough.

That's the kind of mindset I expected from a Linux advocate and
one of the biggest impediments to Linux 'taking over the desktop'
as most users want to get on with whatever tasks they got the
computer for, not perpetually upgrade, patch, and tinker with the
O.S....

The biggest impediment to Linux taking over the desktop is the
applications barrier to entry that gives Microsoft monopoly power
over the desktop operating system market. Programmers write for
Windows because consumers buy it. Consumers buy Windows because
programmers write for it. It's called a "positive feedback loop" and
that's what keeps Windows the only viable personal computer
operating system.






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