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Hadn't heard this before. Yeah right.
Every week for the last FIVE YEARS, there is another story about how Linux will be ready for the average retail user in a couple of years.

The fact is that even as Linux has advanced, so has Windows.

The reason why Linux has done ok as a server in the business world because that's what it is. A UNIX clone. An OS designed to run apps on a server.

It was not built for average end users in mind. Now it is possble for that to happen, like Apple did it, but there is only ONE OS X, not dozens of variants. A consistant look and feel and core. That's just something that Linux isn't.

Like any attribute, there's good and bad. Linux is open and "free" for end users, but it is not consistant. It wasn't designed with that in mind.
It was meant to be an open and "do with it what you will" type of system, and that type of thing is very much at odds with consistantcy and ease of use.
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Finally someone who agrees.  jonbob | 11/04/03
And missed Lindows  voska | 11/04/03
Lindows? Not ready for primetime  marksashton | 11/04/03
why?  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
read me files?  Ardian Daka | 11/04/03
Should have mentioned Macintosh...  gtdworak | 11/04/03
Re: Should have mentioned Macintosh...  issthatso | 11/04/03
no reason  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
tco  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
there's a reason  jonbob | 11/04/03
Sure you understand proprietary?  Fred Fredrickson | 11/04/03
please autofill this field  none none | 11/04/03
Re  MACSSUCK | 11/04/03
OS X ain't available on x86 - so non-issue  MeMyselfAndI_z | 11/04/03
Non-issue  JoeError | 11/04/03
RedHat changes target  OhMyGosh | 11/04/03
don't believe it!  screaming silence | 11/04/03
Huh????  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
same people  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
cars  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
odd, that  jonbob | 11/04/03
I suppose the same people  Fred Fredrickson | 11/04/03
Linux is better than windoze everywhere?  mamuka.khantadze@... | 11/04/03
Redhat isn't ready  RedHat9User | 11/04/03
LOL  voska | 11/04/03
You will never...  BitTwiddler | 11/04/03
Screaming ignorance rises again!  marksashton | 11/04/03
no longer Top Dog  Joe Blow_z | 11/04/03
Hadn't heard this before. Yeah right.  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
So based on your logic ...  GLMarx | 11/04/03
Not "never"  IT_User | 11/04/03
Honesty....  BitTwiddler | 11/04/03
Media Center PC's and Linux  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
Myth TV has it's advantages  voska | 11/04/03
What does MCE not do for you?  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
Hey I'm movie collector, I have 1000s  voska | 11/04/03
Hey I'm movie collector, I have 1000s  voska | 11/04/03
Intresting.  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
My secret  voska | 11/04/03
Even Red Hat knows Linux is blowout  Mike Cox | 11/04/03
Ref: Even Red Hat knows Linux is blowout  grumpy_trumpy | 11/04/03
Re: Even Red Hat knows Linux is blowout  issthatso | 11/04/03
Wow, Linux really zooms against M$ in those Netcraft numbers!  dicktaurus@... | 11/04/03
you failed basic reading compression didnt you...  henrystamp | 11/04/03
Your company buys home computers?  IT_User | 11/04/03
From a guygiving up the home desktop market?!? Back-stabbing, if true!  dicktaurus@... | 11/04/03
deal with it.  vdraken | 11/04/03
IT's ready  voska | 11/04/03
Linux *is* Ready...  Delaware Boy | 11/04/03
No, it is not.  vdraken | 11/04/03
You logic fails you  voska | 11/04/03
profiles  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
RE: You logic fails you  nrlz | 11/04/03
ready out of the box???  ambiguity | 11/04/03
Nothing is "confirmed." NOT "everyone's" been saying it. Further...  dicktaurus@... | 11/04/03
oh yeah?!?  first last | 11/04/03
In a FUD war, don't underestimate the power of words.  dicktaurus@... | 11/04/03
knickers in a bunch  first last | 11/04/03
Wasted my time  DarbyOhara | 11/04/03
please autofill this field  none none | 11/05/03
Relax Man!  Fanatical Desperado | 11/04/03
Actually, Macs are far better for home users  Yen_z | 11/04/03
Macs  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
WPA in Windows XP and other Microsoft products  rcrow | 11/04/03
WPA = Windows Product Activation  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
correcting myself  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
WPA = Windows Product Activation  rcrow | 11/04/03
More story Telling?  John Zern | 11/05/03
Noooooo!  Goomba | 11/04/03
you don't have to go back to MSW  jfalknor | 11/04/03
That OK  Goomba | 11/04/03
A very rational strategy.  DonnieBoy | 11/04/03
interesting indeed  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
well  Arrg | 11/04/03
It's not the user experience he's dissing...  Robert Carnegie | 11/04/03
Home User ?????  mikesonstegard@... | 11/04/03
not very friendly to install?  jfalknor | 11/04/03
I HATE THE NEW TALKBACKS!!!!  JoeMama_z | 11/04/03
Everyone hates the new talkbacks  Fanatical Desperado | 11/04/03
re  nrlz | 11/04/03
Too bad sad  mbraincell@... | 11/04/03
Foolishness  mbratch | 11/04/03
bad businessman?  ambiguity | 11/04/03
True and False  Grimm Reaper | 11/04/03
This confirms it  Loverock Davidson | 11/04/03
This confirms it  runmad | 11/04/03
Wrong Move  rajeevkumarasthana@... | 11/04/03
Goes for all versions of Linux for most users  almonc | 11/04/03
RedHat Linux is not a desktop winner  Jose Jimenez | 11/04/03
RedHat Linux is not a desktop winner  kingnubian | 11/04/03
Stick with Windows?  Mil-spec-guy | 11/04/03
Waiting to mature?  SublimeDaze | 11/04/03
A stake through the fanatics heart.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/03
Unless you said it, it must not be true  FilledOut | 11/04/03
12% stock drop  jjon2121 | 11/04/03
All I know is this...  Michael Kelly | 11/04/03
Things are getting interesting  kingnubian | 11/04/03
He's right!  George Mitchell | 11/04/03
One user's experience  Ex-Linux User | 11/04/03
friggin hell  sundru | 11/04/03
Windows is not ready for the desktop  drcrane | 11/05/03
Who needs the desktop anyway?  heepsd | 11/05/03
Kernel panic, missing mounts, Xkill where  FilledOut | 11/05/03
a small note on operating systems  perpetual-notion | 11/05/03
Matthew Szulik is wrong ...  indigo_z | 11/05/03
How much did Bill GAtes paid him for this? happy  maresal | 11/08/03
Children Using Linux At Home.  kira0030 | 11/09/03
Use Windows??????  Shadowman_z | 11/13/03
Support for Joystick  rajeevkumarasthana@... | 11/19/03
Retailer less than disinterested?  lugoteehalt | 12/17/03
But Windows XP is Broken  ericmatteson2001 | 02/19/04

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