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| Re: Why Linux Will NEVER go Mainstream On The Desktop. (Wonder how Roy could have missed this one?) In comp.os.linux.advocacy flatfish+++ <flatfish@linuxmail.org> wrote: > http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=140 > > This reads like it came right out of COLA!! > > (Note the 1 percent desktop user base figure.) > > "But hardware support on Linux is good - all my stuff works! > > If all your hardware works, great. Congratulations. But ask yourself these two questions: > > * How much extra effort did you have to go to to get it to work? > * Did you research your purchase in advance to make sure that it would work? > > If you answered "yes" to either of these questions then you are willing to > go to more effort than the average home buyer [...] If you answered "yes" to the first question, you are probably a windope. |
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