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Why Normal People Don't Use Linux
Jun 10, 2009, 13 :02 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (4784 reads)

(Other stories by Jake Rayson)

"1. Inertia: it’s a lot of effort to change your ways and your system.

2. Ignorance: people just don’t know about Free Open Source Software.

3. Indifference: people just don’t care what flavour software they use, and why should they?

4. Innovation: there is no show-stopping, gob-smacking, utterly compelling reason to use Linux."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
That's a better title. ...   Why droids only use Windows   
Mark S
Jun 10, 2009, 15:54:48
 
This is a great summary for why open sof ...   World domination!   
Spanky
Jun 10, 2009, 16:33:57
 
Innovation: there is no show-stopping, g ...   Re: One of the author's "I"s is missing   
The Man Who Japed
Jun 10, 2009, 16:46:41
 
Just another pro-Linux article with a co ...   That WAS'T an anti-Linux article ...   
GreyGeek
Jun 10, 2009, 17:11:13
 
Normal people use Linux daily.  If you d ...   Normal people use Google   
Matt in VA
Jun 10, 2009, 18:15:41
 
Inertia: Change can be very tough. It de ...   The 4 I's revisited   
Jose_X
Jun 10, 2009, 23:58:43
 
A couple years back I was thinking to my ...   Look in the mirror...   
Wonderbird
Jun 11, 2009, 15:22:37
 
> Almost all of us are guilty of the sam ...   Re: Look in the mirror...   
blackhole
Jun 13, 2009, 04:55:52
 
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