Bob Young says Linux won't rule the desktop

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 5, 2002 @06:45AM from the can't-say-he's-wrong dept.

Wee writes "I just came across this interesting Yahoo interview with Bob Young in which he says that Linux won't rule the desktop but will instead focus on replacing legacy Unix systems and enhancing Linux's embedded presence. He makes some pretty good points. The oddest quote: "So our opportunity is not to replace Microsoft on the PC. If you've got a perfectly good working PC, why you would go through the angst of replacing it?". Not sure where to start answering that one. My wife (a dedicated Win32 user) liked his car analogy. I need to get her to read 'In the Beginning was the Command Line'..."

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but by Gehenna_Gehenna · 2002-02-05 06:47 · Score: 3, Funny

my car never, ever had a BSOD.
yet...

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Re:not sure the movie... by zangdesign · 2002-02-05 06:54 · Score: 3, Funny

RMS could play the guy who sits in the pit for silence

I, for one, wish he would.

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Focus? You must be kidding. by mindstrm · 2002-02-05 07:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Linux does not, and probably will never, focus on anything.. that's what makes it interesting.
But Linux IS user-friendly! by gatesh8r · 2002-02-05 10:06 · Score: 2, Funny

It's just picky about its friends

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