ZDNet: A Recipe for the Failure of Linux Sep 10, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (10022 reads) (Other stories by John Carroll)
"I have my opinions about what Linux needs to do to beat Windows. A corollary to that is a point I've made in other posts, which is that Linux would attract more Windows customers by figuring out what those customers like about Windows, and riding that wave into Windows' users homes.
"Paul Murphy's proposal, however, essentially says that it doesn't matter what Microsoft does right, we're Unix, dammit, and we gotta be what we gotta be. Why that's a bad idea is best understood by comparing it to other markets..."
