Re: What is preventing linux mainstream adoption?
Originally Posted by
ICEcoffee
The good news is that it has become more user friendly, easier to install, and now comes with masses of eye-candy.
This is true... in comparison to itself. You compare the user-friendliness of the easiest Linux distro with OSX or Windows and it's not really close. You still have to do a fair amount of choosing in order to get everything in line.
Besides, there's one thing no one's picking up on... who would sell Linux PCs?? There's no money from a retail perspective in it. Sure they could sell machines, but they can't sell software (we're going FOSS here), they can't sell security suites, OS upgrades...
If Best Buy or Circuit City went the FOSS/Linux route, they'd annihilate their own computer section. "Here you go, a $500 PC that'll never need upgrading. Naw, the software's free. No, you don't need an anti-virus. Sure, if you want another version of the OS you can just download it."
Linux won't hit mainstream mostly for business reasons. Not quality.
Want me to punchisize your face, For free??
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