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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You're question wasn't directed at me, and I don't even use Linspire, but you're begging the question. If someone is motivated to wipe out Windows and install another operating system, then all the points you made are irrelevant.
In particular, asserting the existence of "...qualified admins and helpdesks ready to support Windows based networks" has no bearing on whether or not a singleton home user keeps Windows. They've got no network, no admins, and no helpdesk.
Linspire looks to me to be a product with a focus on that kind of user, and CNR seems to be a cheap and effective way of performing an onerous but necessary task: Installing software. If more Linux distributions would concentrate on the desktop and forget about the server market, we'd see more widespread use of Linux.