> > At the moment, IMHO, its downfall is lack of useability for people
> who
> > are used to microsoft based systems. People fortunate enough to
> have
> > spent a number of years growing with Linux or UNIX have no problem
> at
> > all with not-so-everyday tasks. The people I work with, for
> example,
> > have been using Microsoft almost their entire lives. They end up
> coming
> > to me with Linux questions as though I'm the local guru (in
> reality, I
> > know just barely enough to boot the kernel, change runlevels, and
> mount
> > volumes).
> >
> > In windows, all of us (people I work with) know where and how to
> change
> > a static ip address. In linux, I have to either be familiar with
> > ifconfig and route, as well as know all the options that must be
> passed
> > to each (and the man pages are so pedantic, they end up confusing
> first
> > time users) or figure out what graphical utility comes with a
> > particular distro that automates the task.
> >
> > If there was a more familiar (and standard) orginization of
> utilities
> > that was friendly to windows users, I think Linux would be far more
> > popular.
> >
> > As it stands now, Linux can take me to the moon, but I have to be
> an
> > astronaut to get there.
>
> Hi Perthie!
>
> I think there is a controversy as to whether Linux really wants to
> serve
> an average user. I think a fair number want it to be a closed club
> with
> a steep entry fee in terms of learning curve. That said, a fair
> number
> of times you hear RTFM it may just be a cover for "I don't know" . .
> .
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
I agree, and this fact is giving the whole industry a mixed message.
Everyone cant wait to see Microsoft go to hell, but no one wants to
offer a suitable replacement (or maybe no one _can_ offer a suitable
replacement without re-creating the same problems).
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