Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Oct 2008 21:21 UTC
The netbook craze is currently in full swing, with these small laptops being advertised everywhere (at least here in The Netherlands); in fact, you can already get netbooks with 3G from the mobile phone carriers at severely reduced prices (but with a one or two year contract, of course). Netbooks are also welcomed by the Linux community as the break they've been waiting for: many netbooks are available with Linux pre-installed. One of the more successful (and powerful) netbooks out there is MSI's Wind, which is also sold under different brand and model names by other companies. In an interview with LaptopMag, MSI's Director of US Sales Andy Tung, however, has some bad news for those that believe the netbook will be the foot in the door that the Linux desktop has been waiting for.
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People take time to get used to things. DOS was around for *years* before Windows was able to completely displace DOS. Even then, people still preferred using the DOS version of WordPerfect over MS Word. Although I hate it's user experience worse than XP, Vista isn't as bad as people say it is. People see difference without seeing any benefit for the difference.
People just aren't used to Linux yet and they don't see the benefits of Linux. All they see is senseless. If the benefits haven't been communicated, someone's not doing a good job. Give it time. It'll get better.