It's true that Windows has problems - did I ever say it didn't? But it's easier to use, and that's what I was talking about. I'm all for Linux, (well, Unix as a whole, really, not so much Linux specifically,) but let's not let our love of the system get in the way of our ability to see things the way they really are. For the average home user (and by average, I do mean the people who provide all of the tech support jokes we've heard,) moving to Linux would be a Bad Thing. Maybe using OSX would be a better move, I hear it's easy as pie, but if you're Mr. CEO of Red Hat, do you want to tell people to move to a platform that you probably won't be able to get them away from when your product is ready to move into the home user market?
>>The average consumer doesn't want to have to deal with all of the stuff that Windows makes you deal with. The average consumer shouldn't *have* to deal with everything Windows makes you deal with. They want something that's easy and quick and will have all the bells and whistles that Linux has. Installing Windows on a computer that you use to surf and chat and email is like buying an SUV to go to the grocery store and drive the kids to soccer.<< ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
