On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 22:36, John Murphy wrote:
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 01:11, Curtis Rey wrote:
As I stated before. This is an important period for Linux and one that if done correctly will put it in a steady market position. Pair this with the fact, unlike Mac, that it runs on the common x86-ia32 arch and can be easily put on any common store bought computer then it's just a matter of catering to the OEM's and ISV's to enable them to produce products and software with a minimum of effort. And frankly, this is what scares the sh** (language filter) out of M$.
Cheers, Curtis.
I wasn't going to comment on this thread but the urge is just to great. I've been using Suse since 6.3 plus tried a few other distributions over the years. I feel that the main goal of any serious Linux distributions is the server market. The desktop market is just some added income for them with little funding. It still has many hurdles to overcome for the average new user. Hardware compatibility still has many problems. Then throw in all the new USB products, DVD's, PDA's, and graphics cards, sit back and wait a year or never. I do have a life besides trying to make Linux work and function. At the end of this year it will be time to replace this computer, it won't be Microsoft or Linux but Mac. I have three friends that were Linux users that have gone to Mac, they just love it. I feel I'm at the time in my life to spend more time using new hardware and programs rather then trying to make them all work!
John..........
As you have used Linux for awhile (although 6.3 did not seem that long ago, how times fly past) you'd know that what the current distro's have done is practically a miracle. What is missing is a large hardware vendor that gets both the hardware and software all pre-packaged up. Having worked for Apple for over a year I am much more enamored with Linux, despite its relative short comings; Of course the biggest short coming is not lack of applications, or hard to configure hardware (even with Apple you need to make sure it works and quite a few times it just does not work even between releases, or you have to wait months for a specific PPC release) but the fact that very few OEM hardware manufacturers are pre-installing Linux. But it is changing, albeit at a slower pace than most people would like. First was the server battle, with Linux's Unix underpinnings that was no surprise, but a "desktop" battle was always looming as Linux entered businesses through that route. If you take the time and look at www.pricewatch.com they are offering Pre-installed Lindows machines, now why did they do this? Like with everything else, one has to decide for themselves what they require or like :) Matt