[clug-talk] Linux Blows...and Sucks

[Juan Alberto Cirez]

Dafydd Crosby wrote:
>
> That's interesting, because I've seen many children use Linux as their 
> sole desktop. And guess what? They don't mind it a bit.
>
> Part of it is pre-conceived expectations. When I was a kid, I hated 
> brussel sprouts, because the expectation set by the cartoons I watched 
> was "yuck!" However, I eat them all the time now (especially with 
> steak), because one day when I was pretty plastered some friends 
> served brussel sprouts and being outside of my expectations I gobbled 
> them down.
>
> I guess the problem is in the advocacy, not the software itself. Linux 
> is different. It's not always intuitive. But actually it DOES work for 
> a lot of people (use Google lately?). If you had to pay to use Linux 
> (the OS and the kernel), I could see the anger and venom, since you've 
> paid money. But the only thing Linux requires is time. Complaining 
> about Linux is like trying to bitch at someone handing out free 
> samples. If you haven't got time, don't switch. Simple.
Ah, Who says that absolutism is the sole domain of Ayatollahs...

"...If you haven't got time, don't switch. Simple*..." Guess what, that
is precisely what people are doing...en mase. That was the objective of
my post. To sound the alarm that having spent such a long time in our
glass towers, we have forgotten to design software for the masses. It
you cannot see this a threat to open source (and GNU/Linux in
particular) then all is lost.
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