Linked by Adam S on Tue 25th Mar 2003 00:52 UTC
Knowing that ArkLinux is the offspring of Bernhard "Bero" Rosenkraenzer (interview here), a former Red Hat employee and KDE hacker, should make it one of the more interesting and, arguably, credible new Linux distributions to hit the streets in recent seasons. With the rise of Lycoris, Lindows, and Xandros, among others, Ark Linux is certainly a far cry from a surefire success. Let's take a look.
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I thank god ArkLinux is a non-profit thingy or else I would use my rubber stamp "FAILURE" on them :-). Amongst others, they provide no incentive to consumers to use ArkLinux. Yes, it may be easier than other distributions, but that's besides the point. Consumers don't care about the OS they run *unless* they get something out of it. In this case, I doubt there are much.
One key area is multimedia. i.e. iLife. However no Linux company is close to any of that, and even if that becomes their goal, it would be at least 2 years before they reach it anyway, by time that, Microsoft and Apple have already come out with newer better stuff.
By comparison, the corporate desktop is a goldmine. And far easier to make a buck .... if you know how to do it.