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Why Linux is Ready, Not Ready for the Desktop and Why we Care in the Wrong Way

[ Thanks to Victor
Kinzer
for this link. ]

“Ok, for starters, I’m not going to enumerate on Linux’s
weaknesses and strengths and talk about why it is or is not ready
for the desktop. I know, I know my title would make it seem like
that was going to be my focus, but it is not. Instead I’m going to
talk about the community’s idiotic (yeah you heard me bring the
flames, go ahead my e-mail is ciggychan@gmail.com) treatment of
this subject. Too many other people have talked about what the
problems are, and why they do or do not matter, to discuss that
would be a waste of my time. I’m going to discuss why those people
are all focusing on the WRONG thing…”


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