Well said. Sam. James Kaufman wrote: >On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:34:53AM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote: > > >>Why do people think the home user is the holy grail of where linux should be >>or wants to go? >> >>-- >>Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 >>http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 >>Key fingerprint = AB15 0BDF BCDE 4369 5B42 1973 7CF1 A709 2CC1 B288 >> >> >> > >Linus thinks the desktop is where it's at. Servers are easy and Linux already >shines in that arena. Desktops are difficult to do right (so many variables in >hardware and software). > >If Linux focuses on the office desktop segment, then there would be a natural >tendency for those users to also want Linux at home. There might then be a >ripple effect in which spouses and children of those users start using Linux. >Further, w/o the home user (ie, lots and lots and lots of users), hardware >manufacturers have less incentive to provide support. > >Just seems to me that the more home users, then issues like "Why doesn't this >web page show the movie I expected?" and "Why doesn't this PC play music?" will >become non-issues because everthing will work as exepcted. > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list