Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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Despite that, do you really think that the average John Smith will *ever* give a package maintainer an email? Nope. Thats why Linspire is doing well, and will continue to do so. It is making the interface to do things short enough that every John, Jill and Fred can install new applications the "Windows Way". Average people want things to work, and to work simply and fast. Linspire is delivering that.
Despite that, do you really think that the average John Smith will *ever* give a package maintainer an email? Nope. Thats why Linspire is doing well, and will continue to do so. It is making the interface to do things short enough that every John, Jill and Fred can install new applications the "Windows Way". Average people want things to work, and to work simply and fast. Linspire is delivering that.