On Saturday 22 July 2006 13:07 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Why Linux isn't mainstream
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> | First, the home computer. People at home generally want to use an
> | OS compatible with what they use at work. Linux isn't at work, so it
> | isn't at home. Additionally, you can't easily play many commercial
> | games on Linux. An overwhelming majority of retail PC games are
> | released for Windows only. Those PC games that are also released for
> | other operating systems are usually released for Windows and MacIntosh.
> | It's rare that a retail PC game is released for Linux.
> |
> | But the primary reason that more home users aren't on Linux is because
> | they don't use Linux at work. So the work environment is the root of
> | the problem.
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> http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/17/1535230&from=rss
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> Same can probably apply to school (e.g. every student can take/afford
> OpenOffice for home use). Each corporate migration to Linux and OSS gives
> people skills that bridge the habitual gap.
Yep. You and I (and Mark) have already had several conversations along
these lines? I still tend to see it "taking off" in government circles
(including education) first - and many of your recent posts here seem to
bear this out.
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