How about a comparison on merit, not marketing 1510

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On this point we agree (a first and probably a last). This is where Linux advocates come in. Whether they are an individual, group, government, insbreastution, small business or large corporation - it is on the backs of these that the responsibility of informing, educating and instructing people about Linux and OSS goes.

There is no mbuttive marketing campaign pushing Linux and OSS down people's throats. You don't see distros of Linux being pre-installed and pre-configured on 99% of all desktop systems sold. While yes it is very prevelant amidst the IT World, outside of it it is still largely unknown and unheard of to the average person.

Software has become big business, and history has shown that business tends to largely favor the larger, stronger corporations with mbuttive financial resources. It's not about what is better, it's about what is presented. As the OP alludes in the subject of this thread.

Linux has overcome extraordinary odds to get where it has today, but it still has a long way to go. Not so much technologically, but rather in obtaining the level of consumer visibility that it needs in order to expand even further especially in the desktop market.

This is the mission of the Linux Advocate.

-- rapskat - 19:00:16 up 3 days, 20:47, 5 users, load average: 0.56, 1.21, 1.28 You should emulate your heros, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.