[ Thanks to Seopher
for this link. ]
“Now, bear with me on this, I’m not saying Linux should just be
a Windows clone but the key to it’s major success would be to
appeal to the mainstream market. While this point is obvious
enough, there are several good reasons why I feel there is much to
be gained from offering a system more comparable to the MS
alternative.“While I’m aware the previous sentence has caused the closing of
many browsers I do still have a valid point. Whatever the
replacement is, whether it is a phone, PDA, or an upgraded piece of
software, the highest probability of getting users onto the new
item is to offer a sense of migration. Whether this allows your
settings to be transfered or your contacts kept, it removes the
majority of the inconvenience–which is normally the stumbling
block. If users were able to move between MS and Linux and keep
their files (and settings where applicable) then I feel it would be
a vast improvement…”