Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
Main stream = large scale usage of OS by Non-technical users as well as technical users. This includes home users as well.
Except for non-technical home users, the non-GPL issue will not prevent Linux going mainstream, then.
Bottom line, if you do not provide drivers to the users (non-techs I mean) that are at least is easy to install as on Windows XP, you will not make much inroads to that user base.
Perhaps it's worth considering that the nontechie home user probably isn't Novells primary target. There aren't many services to be sold in that market, and services are what makes open source go round. But, by Novell not properly addressing this market, it creates a decent sized niche for someone to build a nontechie home user SUSE Linux++ which does include all that non-GPL stuff. /Per Then, the reviews that I have been reading about Suse making inroads to the general Desktop Market (again including general no-tech users) is either false, or Suse has changed it's mind. Perhaps Debian base distros then will win the day, or MS will continue to dominate.