> 
> > You guys have made some very good points about the problems involved
> > in FOSS.
> >  But I'm not willing to give up, and resign myself to Microsoft's
> > monopoly,
> > or Mac's proprietary hardware.   Despite its faults, I'd hate to
leave
> > the
> > Linux desktop, it's got a lot of good features that outweight the
bad.
> > Problems are also opportunities.  The difficulty is coming up with a
> > new
> > revenue model, because people have to make a living.  I still think
> > that even
> > non-free Linux apps are preferable to their equivalent on Windows,
> > because
> > the open standards of Linux provide a level playing field.   But
yes,
> > I know
> > from experience that distributing a binary application in Linux can
be
> > quite
> > challenging, given the variation in platforms.
> 
> I certainly didn't mean to imply that we will *never* see widely
> distributed desktop Linux. I just don't expect it to happen very
> quickly or very dramatically. It will be gradual with places like call
> centers being the first adopters. I think Friedman has it exactly
right
> in this article:
> <http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/
> 0,289202,sid39_gci959322,00.html>


One of the issues I see with Linux desktop as it is now, is that it
seems to be a reactive thing. When a new feature in Windows comes out, a
new feature is added to the various desktops available for Linux. Until
the Linux desktop can start pushing MS into adding certain features, I
don't think it will gain the market share it needs to compete. I agree
though, this isn't going to make me stop using Linux, its just too cool.

Alex

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