[Gllug] Open Source lobbying meeting - UKUUG London Thurs 19th

[Richard Turner]

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John G Walker wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:21:01 +0100 Richard Turner
> <richard at zygous.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Judging by the success stories we all hear about Linux enthusiasts
>> converting their friends' and relatives' computers to Linux, I think
>> those people impressed by glitz and put-off by lack of games support
>> are the minority. It's by targeting "normal" home users, who care
>> about ease of use, security and good support from a friend or
>> relative that Linux will become steadily more "mainstream", i.e.
>> something that Joe Bloggs PC user will not only have heard of, but
>> may even recognise, at least to the same degree as he'd recognise
>> that MacOS isn't Windows.
> 
> Quite. Would it mater if Windows became a niche product for games, just
> as Macs are a niche product for design and publishing?

Well, I think it would matter to Microsoft! ;)

It makes little difference to me these days - I use Windows neither at
home nor at work and only play games on consoles.

Of course, Macs are beginning, albeit slowly, to emerge from their niche
and occupy another one too - quite a few non-techie folk I know do
neither design nor publishing but use Macs because they find them easier
to understand and use than Windows PCs. Now if Linux could draw those
users too... I suppose that's what Gnome is aiming for, but sadly Linux
already has a reputation for being a hacker's OS that's very complicated
to use - it'll be difficult to shift that. In fact, it'll probably be a
case of doing it one person at a time by demonstrating Linux's ease of
use! :-S

R.

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"Racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning..."

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