Linked by Stefanos "Titanas" Kofopoulos on Tue 17th Dec 2002 06:32 UTC
Hundreds of debates, countless flames, innumerable passionate supporters, no limits, no ending lines, no result. The conflicts keep on going and going and going. It doesn't matter if it's Cisco's IOS, Microsoft's Windows, Suse's Linux or FreeBSD. People struggle to prove their
platform's superiority ignoring that an Operating System is just a tool focusing on specific needs.
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I think you're right, one of today's problems in computer world is lack of choice. For the average desktop home user, the only choices are x86+Windows or Apple+MacOS, because Linux is too difficult to manage (installing new software or hardware i.e.). Microsoft OS aren't so bad as people uses to say, the bad is that you're almost FORCED to use them. (Hardware choice was be a good thing too, I think current PCs architecture could be improved as they try to be too much general, sometimes is better to specialize on something; but it isn't the topic of the article ;>)
I don't know if OS developers know what people want from an OS, maybe it will be nice to have somewhere for average users to explain their needs and discuss with developers. Because (and I believe this is true for Linux people) developers know what they need, but not always know what users need. Something very easy for the typical linux geek can be very difficult for me (I'm a typical Window 98 user, I think).
Having some kind of info exchange between users and developers will do OSes more user friendly, so will make happy users (and without having to copy the ideas of other OSes!). I don't know if a forum would do the job, or a mailing list, or both with a "frequently asked features", but it will be good for everybody.
Of course, this isn't the way markets go, but wondering is free of charge :>)