Linked by Preston Liam Whels on Wed 16th Apr 2003 18:07 UTC
Put yourself in his/her shoes. You're a budding young technical writer and the one word you hear popping up in almost every tech-related conversation is, you guessed it, Linux. Now look in the mirror and try to tell yourself you're more than a writer. After all, you write about technology because it not only interests you, but you're accurate and fair enough to tell it like it is. Maybe not.
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> You can't possibly be thinking on some shit like that. 90%
> of worldwide computer machines run Windows. 4% of them
> runs Machintosh. 2% of them uses Linux. 3% uses another
> form of OS. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING LINUX IS THERE...
Oooh.. I'm scared now. Since 90% of people use windows, that must mean that I need to too! Weak. If you read the article it mentions that it ISN'T ready for the desktop for most people... I for one (along with some others reading this article), use it as a desktop... I better not let any Windows user know that.
> Applications? You can't substitute full commercial,
> guaranteed, supported and full documentation written,
> expensive applications to some CRAP posted on FRESHMEAT
> that barely compiles or doesn't even have the infamous
> F*#%^@ manual.
You can't substitute full commerical apps with crappy ones. Duh. Who's to say that Linux doesn't have commerical apps., expensive applications, and games? Sure they're aren't as many (or close to) as Windows, but there doesn't need to be. I don't need 50 different paint programs. I don't need 150 differnet ftp clients. I need GOOD software, and sometimes there are SOLID opensource programs that fit my needs. Let's face it.
As more people use Linux, the more people will write software for it.
> Wake up for the reality. Windows REIGNS on the desktop,
> and it will there for a long time.
Yes. True. But this doesn't mean anything.