On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:34:53AM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote: > Why do people think the home user is the holy grail of where linux should be > or wants to go? > > -- > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = AB15 0BDF BCDE 4369 5B42 1973 7CF1 A709 2CC1 B288 > Linus thinks the desktop is where it's at. Servers are easy and Linux already shines in that arena. Desktops are difficult to do right (so many variables in hardware and software). If Linux focuses on the office desktop segment, then there would be a natural tendency for those users to also want Linux at home. There might then be a ripple effect in which spouses and children of those users start using Linux. Further, w/o the home user (ie, lots and lots and lots of users), hardware manufacturers have less incentive to provide support. Just seems to me that the more home users, then issues like "Why doesn't this web page show the movie I expected?" and "Why doesn't this PC play music?" will become non-issues because everthing will work as exepcted. -- Jim Kaufman mailto:jmk at linuxforbusiness.net Linux Evangelist cell: 612-481-9778 public key 0x6D802619 fax: 952-937-9832 http://www.linuxforbusiness.net _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list