Mainstream . . . (LONG)

Monty J. Harder dmonster at juno.com
Thu Feb 1 00:38:32 CST 2001


On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:25:39 -0600 Bradley Miller
<bradmiller at dslonramp.com> writes:

> 
> Bottom line here is -- Linux will never be mainstream for the 
> public.  If
> someone with over 20+ years experience in computers and a BS in 
> Computer
> Information Systems is rooting around trying to find out how things 
> work,
> then it's not going to be easy for anyone else.   If Linux does ever 
> rise
> to the same complexity and levels Windoze software copes with, then 
> it too
> might be just as buggy or problem prone.  The only thing helping 

  I disagree.  Linux will always have the advantage of having open
source, which allows someone to fix things that MS refuses to admit are
even broken in the first place.  What Linux lacks for the non expert
person is a uniform, idiot-proof system for installing hardware and
software.  But we're getting there.
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