[Kazan]

Grey Wolf: start naming software and I'll start naming the multi choices you have that replace it on linux -- there isn't a lot of that software in the  store because there doesn't need to be - it's already there on the distro CD



Once people move the games will move

[Grey Wolf]

Oh, I understand you can replace most software with open source equivalents.  Many people, however, probably don't even have a clue what open source is.

And the thing about the games moving, the problem is, it's a bit self defeating. People will not move without the games, and the games will not move without the people.

The final problem is driver support. There are some things that just don't work right under Linux. Winmodems, for example. They're technologically inferior, but they're found in virtually every computer built by an OEM, and many don't run under Linux.

[Kazan]

im sorry, but are you just thick?


THAT'S WHY YOU EDUCATE THEM

People _Will_ move without the games, to say they won't is to impose your narrow computing choices upon the general population - the business world doesn't give a rats ass about games [except the game companies of course] --- tehy will move

as they move more and more home users will move.


Some things just don't work right - and that's very few.  You should never even buy a winmodem -- if you know anything about how modems actually work and the difference between a real modem and a winmodem you would never buy a winmodem.  (BTW more winmodems do work with the "LinModem" drivers than don't)

[Grey Wolf]

Of course I know that winmodems are completely useless, and I stated that in my last post. And I have researched the entire winmodem/linux affair, which is actually part of the reason I'm not running a dual boot system right now (the modem in this computer came from a Gateway computer I gutted).

The Linux operating system is a good deal better than Windows, as you say, and you're right about many of the major companies switching to it (I believe I read recently that IBM is switching all of their network to Linux). However, home users often are slow to upgrade to different technologies. There are quite a few Windows 95 users still out there, even though the operating system is nearly ten years old.

It is very likely that within ten years we will see Windows nearly gone from the marketplace, especially as many of the major chip makers are starting to turn away from them. But until then, Windows will remain a major factor, at least in the OEM market.

[Kazan]

exactly -- but in your last post you made it sound like M$ was here to stay -- it's most certainly not.



HAve you tried Fedora btw?

[SadisticSid]

How long will it be before things change then, I ask? I became aware of Linux' existence about 7 years ago. Since then I've only seen enthusiasts, programmers, and businesses that have increased their use of it. Perhaps it is the way forward but until it becomes majorly useful to consumers - the slice of the market that outweighs everyone else - MS's 'monopoly' will endure.

It will be decades before this changes unless something miraculous happens.

It will not "no doubt persist" these are the views of the person who doesn't know what's really going on (no offense intended) -- and have been widely dispelled among upper management through many corporations.

'Upper management' sums it up really.

[Kazan]

upper management are the ones that make the decisions about it's usage throughout the compnay.

Furthermore until recently linux was not targetting the desktop it was almost purely server oriented with desktop as a bonus.  

Try Fedora 1, i think you'll be suprised (have you even tried linux? when was the last time? which distro?)