Re: Linux is Windows ??

Dennis wrote:

Looking back at a previous post about Linux ... I just thought of this
question ...

Why do MS Windows expect Linux to be exactly the same ?
If they wanted MS Windows ... why dont't they just use MS Windows ??

Anyone already used to windows, willing to give linux a test drive, has to
be prepared for trouble - it IS different, even though at the surface it
may look quite similar, depending upon the efforts of distributors.

Why does Linux have to be the same ??

To catch the eyes of the merely curious :)

Now, I do believe that if Linux Distributors want to increase their market
share they will need to convert MS Windows users to Linux ... and by
experience an MS Windows user wants to see a similar desktop ... but why
do they expect another operating system to be identical ???

We all are at first reluctant to learn. If I have such a simple thing as a
password or phone number written on paper, or stored in my cellphone, I do
not remember it no matter how often I have to look at it :)

I do not hear Mac OS users complain that MS Windows does not look the
same ... nor do they expect another OS to act the same way.

Mac users come from graphics and art business. They are trained to work with
rather complex programs and much more customers. And they have "inherited"
MAC OS even if it changed shape recently.

They, like Linux users, are proud that their chosen OS is different ...
and also see the value in certain features in other OS's.


So what is the real problem with Linux ??

There is no special problem with linux. Just the vendors and bookkeepers,
who finally get impatient and want to see revenue.

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