[Gllug] Re: linux on the Desktop

[Christopher Currie]

On  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:07:20 +0000
 Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:

>iThat depends. I'd say that it's long surpassed Windows in most respects,
>and that institutional inertia, lockin, and the vast forces of don't-
>want-to-learn-it-when-this-works are a large part of Linux's non-dominance
>of the desktop space.

Agreed. This detailed comparison of desktop productivity, from a user, not a 
programmer, is devastating. In a similar position myself, I can second most 
of what he says. The title of the essay nicely seduces M$ users into thinking 
it supports them:

http://www.osugisakae.com/writings/lin2winxp/linux2winxp_1.html

Christopher Currie



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