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Weblog:   To push desktop Linux, radical shift may be required
Subject:   The Killer App is Ubiquity
Date:   2003-11-16 07:28:10
From:   anonymous2
Response to: The Killer App is Ubiquity

I'm sorry but I'll have to disagree with you.


Linux is NOT meant to be the same on every macjine, it's all about flexibillity.
For example some (l)users might want it look one way and some would prefer something else.
The point is that it's not aimed at one standart but at all of them, so that people can choose what they want.
That is just opposite of M$ which tries to force users to do all their tasks the same way.


And i prefer my machine to be suitable for me, not suitable for some M$ programmer that thought that would want Blue Screens of Death every 5 minutes.
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  • The Killer App is Ubiquity
    2004-05-11 07:44:33  dfgf [View]

    If it (Linux) is about flexibility, then by definition, it is not for the average joe. AJ wants conformance and standards. He wants it the same everywhere. The AJ doesn't know about or care to know about computers, as long as the icon he needs to click is in the same place on the computers (plural) he uses.
  • The Killer App is Ubiquity
    2003-11-16 09:36:01  anonymous2 [View]

    if you want linux on the desktop to succeed,
    you should think about what Joe Average wants.
    Not what you want. Most people want their computer to juist work. Not tweak it.
    Flexibility is not the issue. They just want to start the engine and drive away.
    • The Killer App is Ubiquity
      2003-11-16 22:50:11  anonymous2 [View]

      If that's the case Linux is the perfect choice. No bsod, virus, freezes. You have more time getting your work done with Linux.
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