Deja Vu All Over Again

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"We needed to think about possibly presenting just one distro to the world.

"Mcdonalds. I think their food sucks. Many of you think their food sucks, but we continue to eat it. So why are they successful? In part, because whether you are in Bamberg Germany or Boise Idaho, it sucks exactly the same. Windows is no different as a product. It sucks but people have grown used to the taste of bad software...and they not only accept it, they make excuses as to why they continue to consume it.

"Even when they are presented with a better way of doing things."

Linux Sucks! Video from LinuxFest NW

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