tir, 16.11.2004 kl. 20.56 skrev Sean Middleditch: > On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 20:20 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > man, 15.11.2004 kl. 21.23 skrev Alan Cox: > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 09:08:08PM +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > > > Mainly curious, but - why should people drop Windows (which they know, > > > > most of their programs often only runns there etc) and swich to Linux? > > > > > > IMHO If you don't know why it would help someone don't try and make them change > > > > > > > Mainly i have had them switch on technical/ideological reasons. But the > > "ordinary guy" - why should he/she switch? > > He shouldn't. There's no compelling reason that the average guy cares > about. Even if Linux was 100% perfectly easy to use and had tons of > great apps, there *still* wouldn't be a compelling reason to switch for > the average guy. And they shouldn't have to. Your Operating System is > just a means to an end. > > Linux has several advantages over Windows: > - Better development platform (average guy doesn't care) > - More secure (average guy don't understand or care about viruses, > security is often a hindrance in their opinion) > - Little to no cost (average guy gets his OS with his computer, doesn't > care) > - Freedom (meaningless even to most developers, where the computer is a > tool and not a political statement, average guy doesn't care) > - Many technological improvements (average guy doesn't care) > > Linux has several disadvantages over Windows: > - Different (many average guys don't want change) > - Can't run the latest games the day they come out (every average guy I > know cares about this one) > - Can't run the silly browser-ActiveX controls on this week's popular > joke/game web site (average guys may care about these) > - Can't run the silly low-quality near-pointless Windows app that his > Aunt gave him (even if the Linux/OSS equivalent is far superior, the > average guy does not want to have to find and install said app, he just > wants to stick in the CD his aunt gave him and have it work) > - Usability still sucks eggs (absolutely biggest gripe of all time - > third-party application and driver installation, which over here in > reality-land, happens very often, especially in the case of mainstream > commercial games) > > End verdict? Average guy has absolutely no reason to switch to Linux, > and has good reason to switch *off* of Linux. Which is *exactly* what > I've seen happen with every single home Linux installation I've known > about except for mine. In the end, they switch to Windows. They even > go and pay $200 for a copy out of their pocket, thus disproving the myth > that Linux' low-cost is all that important to home users. > > Here's a cool idea. Don't do something unless you have a reason. You > are doing one of the dumbest mistakes in the book - you have a solution > (switch to Linux) and you're looking for a problem (reason to switch). > DON'T DO THAT! > > Find a problem *first*, and then look for a solution. Even most of the > problems you'll find on Windows can be best fixed with a solution other > than replacing the entire operating system and all applications with > Linux and OSS alternatives. But then Novel, RedHat, part of the comunity etc. - i.e. firms and people involved - should give them that reason. We should produce those "cool" things everybody just got to have - and the solution is Linux! Mac has understood this. Now "everybody" wants a mac. first thing i can come up with (maybe not so usefull, but really cool) that *might* be a killer app is Sun's looking glas 3D desktop. http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/ Kyrre
