On 12/12/05, Erick Stohr <evisuale007 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> You know that your statement of "Linux will never become a desktop of the
> massess" is very relative, take a look around the world, not just the U.S.
> where Microsoft has the majority of small businesses.  Read some sites like
> Slashdot and see where Linux is geting implemented in 3rd World countries as
> well as a large part of Europe. The U.S., although we may think the world
> revolves around us, it does not. And note, I said small businesses, the
> majority of large companies, for example SuperValu, run Unix flavored OS's.
> You obviously come from a Windows world for the simple fact that you think
> installing a driver on Linux is like using a shoe horn, which ironic to your
> statement a shoe horn actually is very helpful, which was the intended
> purpose of a shoe horn, so you don't excatly make a good analogy. I guess I

You missed the analogy.

> will recommend you just follow the Wizards and click away and let companies
> like Microsoft just show you how simple things should/can be.  I guess if
> the install process on Linux for certain hardware components "sucks" so bad,
> think about the compromise of insecurity of an OS vs. security and a bit of
> "shoe horning" the driver in.
>
>

I forgot.  Linux is perfect:)  Actually every OS has good and bad
points.  I prefer Linux or UNIX servers, just not crazy about it as a
desktop.  Even ESR thinks printing on Linux rocks for average users.