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:eWeek: Linux Doesn't Make Sense for Desktops
eWeek: Linux Doesn't Make Sense for Desktops
Sep 1, 2004, 00 :15 UTC (38 Talkback[s]) (9024 reads)

(Other stories by David Coursey)

"Longhorn's woes may open a door for Linux—a very tiny door—but Linux just isn't a good choice for desktops. Instead, desktop Linux proponents should wake up and switch to the Mac OS.

"Are the changes in the Longhorn road map really the 'best chance ever' for desktop Linux, as some have suggested? Only if the difference in going from 'teensy weensy' to merely 'teensy' can be considered a big improvement. To the rest of us, either size is still just a speck..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Clearly written by M$.  I am glad to be  ...   don't even bother with this drivel   
denis
Sep 1, 2004, 00:39:53
 
The article has been published per your  ...   Dear Apple   
John Bell
Sep 1, 2004, 00:40:04
 
Seems like another fanatical Mac user... ...   Mac?   
Sean
Sep 1, 2004, 00:42:56
 
Maybe Steve Jobs should pull his head ou ...   Linux users switch to MAC ?   
Brent R Brian
Sep 1, 2004, 00:43:32
 
Has trolling for web hits ever been so u ...   WTF?   
ac
Sep 1, 2004, 00:45:25
 
...Longhorn's woes may open a door f ...   Incorrectly stated.   
Brandioch Conner
Sep 1, 2004, 00:51:18
 
Switch to a MAC, are you serious. MAC is ...   No Sense???   
Greg&Stevens
Sep 1, 2004, 01:08:56
 
You mean I'm not online with my linu ...   hee, hee...   
irlandes
Sep 1, 2004, 01:27:21
 
Nothing but an advertisement for Macinto ...   Proprietary drivel   
Brian
Sep 1, 2004, 01:49:11
 
I think Coursey as a point , Today Micro ...   Gnu/Linux dont beat Apple   
Gnu/Linux , not ever Linspire
Sep 1, 2004, 01:50:52
 
I just had to laugh when I saw the lead- ...   Have you ever read this guys articles?   
Tomsky
Sep 1, 2004, 01:58:30
 
I've been using Linux as my desktop  ...   Hmm   
Skottish
Sep 1, 2004, 02:20:50
 
http://www-edlab.cs.umass.edu/~ahelblin/ ...   Happy Mac user!   
Give Meabreak
Sep 1, 2004, 02:22:41
 
My children, now 10 and 14, have used th ...   Linux is more than ready   
Richard Harris
Sep 1, 2004, 02:26:16
 
This 'analysis' is worth for hum ...   Comment   
Finalzone
Sep 1, 2004, 03:08:48
 
He is absolutely right when he says that ...   This guy is absolutely right!   
tony
Sep 1, 2004, 03:11:31
 
and lots of its. Just ignore this piece  ...   BULLOCKS!   
Xunil Ung
Sep 1, 2004, 03:40:18
 
Oh yeah, after gaining more market share ...   Simply clueless   
Joe User
Sep 1, 2004, 04:34:11
 
this is how technically aliterates make  ...   right, don't even bother...   
John Doe
Sep 1, 2004, 05:07:39
 
Linux is the cheaper option, without har ...   Not realistic   
Matt
Sep 1, 2004, 05:37:33
 
I just had to laugh when I saw the lead- ...   Re: Have you ever read this guy?   
Rajendra
Sep 1, 2004, 06:21:56
 
That's not a knock on Linux, it' ...   Noone can dispute that OS X is "Joe User *nix" don   
Senkwe
Sep 1, 2004, 07:24:13
 
Juse to explain, for those who are new t ...   Explaining David Coursey   
Rick Moen
Sep 1, 2004, 08:39:38
 
The writer has obviously never even trie ...   Excuse me.   
Donna Larson
Sep 1, 2004, 08:52:17
 
why why why ?I use macintosh, it's v ...   Why people bother to tell linux is not good when E   
michel
Sep 1, 2004, 09:20:36
 
And I have spent a long time observing h ...   Coursey has always been anti-linux.   
Desktop Linux User
Sep 1, 2004, 11:54:15
 
OK, Linux on the Desktop may not be the  ...   Is he kidding?   
Jan
Sep 1, 2004, 12:21:03
 
You can't tell me with a straight fa ...   Re: Noone can dispute that OS X is   
I R A Darth Aggie
Sep 1, 2004, 12:32:58
 
Anyone, including MS, that's afraid  ...   the x86 desktops   
Tang Kai
Sep 1, 2004, 12:51:31
 
Man, it's his point of view !In that ...   point of view !   
pande
Sep 1, 2004, 14:23:01
 
... as I sit here reading this very unus ...   All in a day's work...   
linux__boy
Sep 1, 2004, 14:25:29
 
This "article" is complete flamebait. I& ...   OS X and Linux are brothers   
azazel
Sep 1, 2004, 14:43:23
 
> You can't tell me with a straight  ...   Re: Re: Noone can dispute that OS X is   
tc
Sep 1, 2004, 15:23:14
 
> That's not a knock on Linux, it&#3 ...   Re: Noone can dispute that OS X is   
james
Sep 1, 2004, 16:47:08
 
fresh info that confirmed what everyone  ...   Jobs must have received some   
GreyGeek
Sep 1, 2004, 17:18:24
 
Hey TC,You are correct in that there is  ...   Re: Re: Re: Noone can dispute that OS X is   
Nicholas Donovan
Sep 1, 2004, 19:46:23
 
My OS of choice is Linux. The Freedom it ...   I support Linux, Mac and Windows   
Alex Chejlyk
Sep 1, 2004, 20:25:24
 
> Hey TC,> You are correct in that there ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Noone can dispute that OS X is   
tc
Sep 1, 2004, 22:38:09
 
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