Re: Considering switch to linux


"Andy Fraser" <andyfraser31@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1h8g5sc.10w1kj1bze6igN%andyfraser31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Joe727 <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You have your opinion about Linux. I have mine. What's the problem?
>> Unless, of course, everyone must conform to your opinion.
>
> It's comments like this that are getting you so much flak. Show me
> *exactly* where I said you have to conform to my opinion? I was pointing
> out that your comments were false. Nothing more, nothing less.
>

My comments are false - in your opinion.

> You stated that Linux isn't ready for the desktop. I pointed out that it
> is for some of us and that your statement is false. It's just not ready
> for you in this case.
>

As I mentioned, I am an average user as are the vast majority of PC users.

> You said that Linux is command line oriented which is false. I pointed
> out that it doesn't have to be if you choose to only use a GUI and that
> even MS seem to be coming round to the idea that a CLI is useful.
>
> How in hell is that telling you to conform to my opinion? I say you're
> just trolling now.
>
>> Again, I am not anti-Linux, nor am I pro-Microsoft. I just had hoped
>> that
>> Linux would be further along than it is. After all, if Linux were ready
>> for
>> prime-time, the $25 billion a year PC games industry would have all their
>> games ported to Linux. The fact is, they don't.
>
> The games industry are purely money oriented. I worked in that industry
> in a minor way from 2000 - 2002. The reason they don't port games to
> Linux is because there's not enough money in it for them to make it
> worthwhile. They realise that many gamers are happy with Windows and
> won't switch to Linux just to play games. When there's a large enough
> Linux gamer user base for them to be losing money from lost sales and to
> make it financially worthwhile for them they'll start porting games
> over. It's a chicken and egg situation though unfortunately.
>

Precisely. How can Linux hope to gain wider acceptance, if there's no money
in it? I really would like to see Linux as easy to use as Windows XP (I
have the Professional version). That way there would be real choice PC OSs.

One of the big problems, as I see it, is that there are so many different
versions of Linux. That's ok for niche markets, but it is an impossible
obstacle to overcome in the mass market. Perhaps Linux programmers should
focus on getting *one* distro and *one* desktop to work as easily as
Windows, to go head to head with Windows. Since Linux is Open Source,
enthusiasts can still focus on niche distros and desktops.

It's unlikely to happen though. I've been following Linux since I
unsucceesfully tried to install Red Hat a few years ago. There is much
acrimony among users of different Linux distros. It's as if everyone needs
to has his or her little kingdom. About the only thing they have in common
is that they dislike Microsoft. That's not a stratetgy for success in the
marketplace. I wish it were otherwise.

Joe


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