Linked by Michael Saunders on Mon 2nd Aug 2004 18:21 UTC
Tired of endless Windows security problems? Intrigued by Linux's power but discouraged by its complexity? Tempted by Mac OS but not thrilled with the hardware cost? If so, you might want to investigate the growing bunch of hobbyist OSes -- Syllable, SkyOS, Haiku, MenuetOS, Visopsys, ReactOS and others. Syllable is perhaps the most promising of them all; it's a maturing open source desktop OS with an evolving kernel & device driver range, and is targeted at the home/small-office user.
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Could well be the same reason why ALOT of folk don't use hobby or OSS (Linux, *NIX) software alternatives..
SoftModems... drivers are hard to find and generally not that great for Linux (Connexant have licensed the specs to a Linux company who currently provide Connexant SoftModem drivers for Linux, but alas, not yet for my chipset).
SoftModems come bundled with motherboards like 99% of the time now, so masses of people have them, hardware external modems are getting harder and harder to find, and indeed, some countries no longer can get them, so thats not a viable option for alot of people... esp. just so they can check out a different OS to have a play with.
So, to put it bluntly... If you can't provide the Internet under your OS to a vast majority of people, imho it's NOT Desktop ready