Money, Money, Money, It makes the world go round.
But to really make Linux work, work being the key here, it is already
competitive, but just not working for people. Why?
Money !!!! $$$$$$$
We here on the Slug sites, are not the average user, or administrator.
For Linux to work, by work I mean be put and start replacing other OS'es, you
need more than just the OS. ie... Mac, Apple, the OS is great, but in a
compariason, its like driving, Would you buy a car if it was only allowed on
5% of the streets and roads? No!
Well if you have gone to Comp USA for example and took a look at all the
hardware and games, (Thousands) how many choices are there for Windows, and
how many for other OS'es?
Windows drives on 95% of the roads, as opposed to other OS'es which drive on
about 5%.
I would love to give up Windows, however, there are several games, and my
Quicken, and a few other apps that people like myself find vital.
And Intuit's quicken, and other software companies are not going to produce
if there is no profit.
That is why I feel Money is always going to be a driving force, but not Greed
as in Microsoft. Linux will hpefully be a kinder gentler money making OS
rather than a Forcefull Greedy Coglomerative such as MS has become.
Thanks for your time.
On Sunday 03 June 2001 11:56, you wrote:
> > ease of use is whats gonna make linux the desktop for so many.
> > it has to be easy to use for most of us. this is not to say it will
> > become less powerful. there will be always be the command line
> > and those big black hole that people call terminals :)
> >
> > i dont understand why some people seem to get upset that
> > linux is becoming easier and easier to use. i would like to
> > have a discussion with some that feel this way.
>
> I agree with what you're saying here. Ease of use doesn't necessarily
> mean less powerful. I think there was a time a while back when LinuxPPC
> put out a "Live" distro (similar to the SuSe evals we gave out this
> week) and many people complained that it didn't have everything (such as
> gcc and a bunch of other tools). But it was supposed to be easy to use.
> I also think the Easy to Use value proposition comes also from (ahem)
> the MacOS. People think it isn't powerful because it's all point and
> click. I don't think the Linux Community has quite figured out the ease
> of use issue. It's partly cultural, since many a hacker is so used to
> doing it all alone, with little or no help, or the kind you get from a
> mailing list. Why would you waste your time making it easy to use?
>
> Linux is still a "one size fits all" sort of a phenomenon. If everything
> that's expected to go with doesn't come with it, people get upset. (I
> think they are confused.) SuSe takes this to heart, because their full
> distro is 7 CD's! RedHat and Debian are much more reasonable with their
> default installs being smaller.
>
> BTW, RedHat seems to be making headway against the "OSFA" phenomenon.
> It's being aimed squarely at the corporate market.
>
> > and i have a question, why do some people get upset with
> > the idea that some will make money on linux. if linux is to grow
> > then some people will want to buy some software. distros need
> > a little money to make the cd
> > s and keep their work going.
>
> Hmmm...Linux seems to have done quite well without any money. I think
> people are really complaining about the loss of innocence that comes
> with growing up. It isn't just the "Hacker's Hobby" anymore. Money also
> has an influence separate from what is technically correct.
> ("Technically" I mean in the sense of the best solution) Money is also
> more simply a corrupting influence. Look at what's happened with
> Caldera. They got so big that they could buy SCO Unix! Their loyalty to
> Linux and Free Software has come into question and has caused Richard
> Stallman to publicly admonish them for abandoning Linux. (His opinion)
> Another problem people have with the money aspect is like so: "Why
> should I contribute time/energy/resources/money/code to a for-profit
> company? That would be like making a charitable contribution to M$."
> "It's somehow unfair that *my* work should help someone else make money.
> Where's my cut?" There's more of course, but you get the idea.
>
> HTH
>
> Russell
>
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