Microsoft

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:26:27 -0400
Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 22:25 +0200, Dirk Moolman wrote:
> > I saw on the news tonight, that a judge overseas (in Europe), stood by
> > the previous ruling of 2004, that Microsoft must make more information
> > available to other companies, to allow them to integrate their products
> > into Windows.
> > 
> > My personal opinion is that linux will eventually overtake microsoft,
> > and become the word software leader.  I just don't know how far off that
> > is.
> 
> <IF>, like if the raging debate over on the Fedora list is any
> indicator, there could be a distro that could remain rock solid for a
> length of time, linux would have already won. Ric 

Why it will be years, if ever, before Linux can say "We're close".

MS products are not designed by geeks but by marketing type pinheads who
dictate what code the geeks will write. This results in products that
for the most part simply work, at least for the clueless user. Now we
are not talking about their server products here but OS and apps for the 
mainstream everyday clueless user.

Linux products are designed by geeks for geeks and marketed by geeks to 
geeks. The average clueless user does not fit into that concept in any
way, shape or form and wont ever fit it. When a Linux distro gets a pinhead
and the geeks listen you may then find an acceptable linux product.

But that is not very likely as the vendors that need to be on board for 
such a thing to happen just refuse to open their source up to the Lunux
community.

The last problem is $$. Linux is free and there is no way to afford the
pinhead and his/her marketing method of development and deployment for
the desktop environment.

just my .05

Ronnie