I do not have a problem with admitting that Desktop usability for the average home user is a problem on Linux, or that it lags behind windows. Just as long as it is clear what you mean by Usability and what you mean by the Average Home User.
Remember NOT ALL users are average home users. A few years back BOV replaced their dos based system with a windows based one. The result was that what a bank clerk could do blindfolded in a few (several actually) keystroke now requires the bank clerk to move his/her right hand from numpad to mouse and back around 10 times for each transaction. If what was needed was a Graphical display to fit more info and a multitasking system to allow different applications, it could have been the case that Linux would have been more adequate. My objection is that a sentence like this: >> Their results just confirm the obvious: in certain areas, like >> storage handling and uptime reliability, Linux wins. On usability and >> ease of installation, Windows wins. is merly confusing. Then again I am the kind of person who believes that if a person does not at least know in theory how a car works, that person shouldn't drive :-) Philip
