Getting Linux to the general public 9867

synex

I can see that he has a point, but isn't his point what put windows in the virus trap that it is in right now? Sure linux could be changed to operate more like windows. Let's just give every user access to all levels of the OS so that things can just be clicked on and installed. Sounds like a great idea. Make things a little more seamless. Make things a lot less secure.

While I agree that that there is definately a mouth breathing market out there that windows has a lock on and linux is going to have a hard time getting into in its current incarnation, I do not feel that emulating the way BigGreen is doing things is the way to bridge that gap.

It is truly the time for someone much more knowledgable then me to step up to the plate and take these things on.

You see this is one of Tab's big mistakes. (That and the fact that he acts like a peeed off pre-teen pms'ing little unpleasant woman) Just because there are more people used to a certain way-system, doesn't mean that that system is good, refined, or correct. In fact a lot of the time it can be the worst model available.

You know what? In the 80's there were a lot of people in the general public that worked on their own cars. Downdraft carbed cars were pretty easy to work on. Sure they had cold running problems, could sputter and choke at low idle, smelled like fuel, etc. etc. etc. But the average american male had a pretty good inclination of how they worked and could keep them tuned up.

This is not true of todays cars. Most people need to take their car into a qualified mechanic to get work done. If you want to change the fuel to air ratio of a car today it requires special equipment and knowledge (if it is possible). "Root" if you will.

Maybe we have reached a point in time in which if one prefers the fuel injected os that gets better mileage, stalls less, operates on an incline better, etc. etc. etc. then that person must either pay a mechanic or go learn to tune it up themselves.

I would think that with the amount of bandwidth and remote desktop out there that someone, somewhere would be researching a business model for a startup company of online remote root.

Oh yeah, f*** off Tab, go get a life you stupid little needle!