7 reasons why Linux won't succeed on the desktop...

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Humm, didn't they proclaim the same thing 5 years ago except the 2 OS's
were Win2K and Win XP?!?!? I think perhaps the problem is the word "IN"
was left out between "Is" and "The". Obviously it hasn't been a player
in the past or present so the future is all that is left. While we are
all playing physic, I predict the earth will be hit by a giant asteroid,
with a 99% chance of happening before Linux is a major player on the
desktop.

kevpan815@hotmail.com wrote:

> That Is Complete Utter Nonsense, Linux Is The Future Of Computing,
> People Will Be Flocking Over To Linux By The Dozen In 2009 When
> Microsoft Discontinues Selling OEM Windows XP, Just FYI.
>
> "Frank" <fb@osspan.clm> wrote in message
> news:Ol8Z7vm$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/...SNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>>
>>
>> Frank
>
>
 
Frank wrote:
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/...SNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>
>
> Frank

The writer of the article would have fared better (imho) with his
arguments had he not exhibited a not-so-subtle bias against linux users.
The credibility of a writer can dissipate quickly when including
incendiary material such as that which is quoted.

"Face it, fanboys. You're not cool because you use Linux, distain all
things Microsoft, and treat newcomers as if they have to prove something
to enter your elite-in-your-own-mind club."

"Even if Linux supporters were a bunch of friendly geeks who spent most
of their waking hours behind a computer without bothering anyone --
oops, they are -- users exposed to years of Microsoft marketing
collateral just aren't interested."






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norm
 
This Time Is Different, Just FYI. People Have Been Screaming At Microsoft To
Pull Windows Vista RTM From Store Shelves For Awhile Now, Just FYI.

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#r9ZuIs$HHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Humm, didn't they proclaim the same thing 5 years ago except the 2 OS's
> were Win2K and Win XP?!?!? I think perhaps the problem is the word "IN"
> was left out between "Is" and "The". Obviously it hasn't been a player in
> the past or present so the future is all that is left. While we are all
> playing physic, I predict the earth will be hit by a giant asteroid, with
> a 99% chance of happening before Linux is a major player on the desktop.
>
> kevpan815@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> That Is Complete Utter Nonsense, Linux Is The Future Of Computing, People
>> Will Be Flocking Over To Linux By The Dozen In 2009 When Microsoft
>> Discontinues Selling OEM Windows XP, Just FYI.
>>
>> "Frank" <fb@osspan.clm> wrote in message
>> news:Ol8Z7vm$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/...SNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>>>
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>
 
Frank wrote:
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/...SNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2

kevpan815 wrote:
> That Is Complete Utter Nonsense, Linux Is The Future Of Computing,
> People Will Be Flocking Over To Linux By The Dozen In 2009 When
> Microsoft Discontinues Selling OEM Windows XP, Just FYI.

Bob I wrote:
> Humm, didn't they proclaim the same thing 5 years ago except the 2
> OS's were Win2K and Win XP?!?!? I think perhaps the problem is the
> word "IN" was left out between "Is" and "The". Obviously it hasn't
> been a player in the past or present so the future is all that is
> left. While we are all playing physic, I predict the earth will be
> hit by a giant asteroid, with a 99% chance of happening before
> Linux is a major player on the desktop.

kevpan815 wrote:
> This Time Is Different, Just FYI. People Have Been Screaming At
> Microsoft To Pull Windows Vista RTM From Store Shelves For Awhile
> Now, Just FYI.

You like that phase, don't you? No need to answer - rhetorical question
really - just FYI...

Personally I think this whole battle (only in the heads of those posting
most of the time) between operating systems is pretty funny. The outcome
really does not matter to anyone - because in the end people will choose
what works for them and allows them to go about their daily lives with the
least effort. That's why some people still run Windows 9x on their system -
because they have had no need to change. It still gets them their email and
allows them (somewhat) to surf the Internet. They don't miss the features
of anything else because they don't try (nor need to) anything else.

Might there be more people moving to *nix after the *new* sales of Windows
XP cease? Maybe. I'd lean more towards people going Macintosh than a true
form of *nix though. Prettier interface, more ways to continue doing what
they have always done. I think it would be a while before any real effect
would be had just from the cease of selling new copies of Windows XP. After
all - I am pretty sure you cannot buy systems (new) with Windows 98
installed except from *maybe* small computer stores - and I bet then only
with some extra cash and a lot of complaining to do it. Hasn't stopped
those who want to run it from running it. Windows NT is still being used at
some companies who don't want to upgrade (or can't) some application made to
run on it. Many of them are stretching out the lifetime even further using
virtualization technologies. Old OSes way outlive their predicted lifetime
these days.

As for 'People Have Been Screaming At Microsoft To Pull Windows Vista RTM
From Store Shelves For Awhile Now' <- what people? This must be a rather
small number - as I would think that would be a little more obvious if it
was a large number of people. Not saying it doesn't happen - just that you
seem to be blowing things out of proportion with that statement. I think
more people are still requesting Windows XP be installed/available on their
new systems than there are people asking for Vista to be 'removed from store
shelves'... Can you quote a few sources for such a statement and/or qualify
it in some manner?

As for the article posted by Frank - albeit generally irrelevant to the
groups (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) it was posted to - it is someone's
opinion on the matter. Not much else. It has some generally well-thought
out points, some I agree with, others I do not.

Overall - I do agree that at this time - this is *not* the 'year of *nix*'.
First - the obvious It's nearing the end of September 2007 - if 2007 was
going to be 'the year of' for anything - it better have made a pretty big
impact by now. Second - no matter how bad Microsoft Vista sucks (to some) -
it's likely still going to end up on more home-users desktops than any of
the many flavors of *nix simply because of marketing, ease of use, "it's
there" factors (pre-installed, etc) and just the fact that most users don't
want a 'computer' - they want a toaster that gets them email, web browsing,
gaming, etc - and many things they might want to do will just work (are made
for/marketed for) with Windows.

Having said that - could *nix someday overtake Microsoft as the desktop
leader? Possibly. I mean - stranger things *have* happened. The future is
a fickle thing - hard-to-impossible to predict accurately. What we take for
granted today may have been something unthought-of 100 years ago (or
significantly less time in many cases.)

--
Shenan Stanley
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
ya right, yawn, let's see after all it's been 5 years and in those 5
years and all the fanboy stuff, I hear claims of ALMOST a 50% increase
in Linux desktop installations! Yep, all the way from 2% to NEARLY 3%
(if the surveys are to be believed)!!! Go get em tiger. Probably a 1%
margin of error on the stats so there may actually be a loss of "market
share". Go tell them down at the bus stop, where some one cares.

kevpan815@hotmail.com wrote:

> This Time Is Different, Just FYI. People Have Been Screaming At
> Microsoft To Pull Windows Vista RTM From Store Shelves For Awhile Now,
> Just FYI.
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:#r9ZuIs$HHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>> Humm, didn't they proclaim the same thing 5 years ago except the 2
>> OS's were Win2K and Win XP?!?!? I think perhaps the problem is the
>> word "IN" was left out between "Is" and "The". Obviously it hasn't
>> been a player in the past or present so the future is all that is
>> left. While we are all playing physic, I predict the earth will be hit
>> by a giant asteroid, with a 99% chance of happening before Linux is a
>> major player on the desktop.
>>
>> kevpan815@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> That Is Complete Utter Nonsense, Linux Is The Future Of Computing,
>>> People Will Be Flocking Over To Linux By The Dozen In 2009 When
>>> Microsoft Discontinues Selling OEM Windows XP, Just FYI.
>>>
>>> "Frank" <fb@osspan.clm> wrote in message
>>> news:Ol8Z7vm$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/...SNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
 
Tiberius wrote:

>
> I will tell you this information that I have not mentioned before.
>

You mean like what time the space ship will arrive...hahaha...lol!
Frank
 
Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml
>
>
> jsessionid=3JPUCV2NZQ3EOQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>
>>
>>
>> Frank
>
>
> Lamest seven reasons I have ever seen. The fact that you think they are
> good reasons, however, is completely understandable, considering how
> lame you are.
>

Hey knee-jerk, I didn't write the article, I just posted it FYI!
That you, our resident lying linux lovin troll don't like the article is
completely understandable, considering just what a faithless atheist
linux fanatic you are.
And it certainly got the expected Pavlovian response from you...ha!
Frank
 
Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml
>>
>>
>> jsessionid=3JPUCV2NZQ3EOQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201807459&pgno=2
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Lamest seven reasons I have ever seen. The fact that you think they
>> are good reasons, however, is completely understandable, considering
>> how lame you are.
>>
>
> Hey knee-jerk, I didn't write the article, I just posted it FYI!

And obviously agree with it.

> That you, our resident lying linux lovin troll don't like the article is
> completely understandable, considering just what a faithless atheist
> linux fanatic you are.

I understand it perfectly, your unfounded insults and bluster
notwithstanding.

> And it certainly got the expected Pavlovian response from you...ha!
> Frank

You're the dog, Frank. You just don't know it because you're too fuçking
stupid.
--
Alias
To email me, remove shoes
 
kevpan815@hotmail.com wrote:

> That Is Complete Utter Nonsense, Linux Is The Future Of Computing,
> People Will Be Flocking Over To Linux By The Dozen In 2009 When
> Microsoft Discontinues Selling OEM Windows XP, Just FYI.
>

Now this is completely and utterly rubbish!!
 
Tiberius wrote:

> Frank.. why are you posting about linux on a vista newsgroup?
>

because he thinks everything from uncle Bill should be given equal
treatment without favors!

> if you want me to explain to you why windows will not be the dominant OS
> in the near future, ask me...

Please don't otherwise we'll be here whole night!
>
> I will tell you this information that I have not mentioned before.
>

Very good. We don't want to know what you know!
 
Bob I wrote:

> Humm, didn't they proclaim the same thing 5 years ago except the 2 OS's
> were Win2K and Win XP?!?!? I think perhaps the problem is the word "IN"
> was left out between "Is" and "The". Obviously it hasn't been a player
> in the past or present so the future is all that is left. While we are
> all playing physic, I predict the earth will be hit by a giant asteroid,
> with a 99% chance of happening before Linux is a major player on the
> desktop.
>

Now let me guess ... you are working for a MVP title right? If so you
need to lick some MVPs ass to be recommended. It is no good just saying
all Microsoft's products are fantastic and you can't survive without them!!
 

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