Linux Can't Kill Windows

nberardi writes "Infoworld is running an article in which the author claims 'Linux is established and has a niche that, as various pendulums swing, will grow and shrink. Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove Linux superior to Windows in every measure and I'll not argue with you. But no matter how much money and dedication is poured into Linux, it will never put a dent in Windows' mind share or market share because Linux is an operating system, a way -- and probably the best way -- to make system hardware do what it's told. But you can't turn Linux into a platform even if you brand it, box it, and put a pricey sticker on it.'"

Comments

Trollbait

[Anonymous Coward]

What a trollbait of an article.

A sure way to get the lunix lunatics to come out of the woodwork.

Re:I think he's right

[ubernostrum]

Yeah, a moving platform. With countless widget sets, multiple clipboards, different directory structures, an infinite number of combinations and permutations of shared libraries, and just as many sources of outdated, incorrect, misleading or utterly superb documentation, and crap vendors like Redhat which drop version support in a third the time of Microsoft.

This is as opposed to the superb stability and compatibility one gets between OS versions from Redmond. Take Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 2, for example; anything which runs on one runs on the other, right?

Umm, who cares?

[gosand]

Linux can't kill Windows? Who friggin cares?

I really could give a flying fuck about Windows. I use Linux, I like it better for what I do. As long as I can keep using it, and it keeps improving, I don't care if it "takes over the desktop" or not. If "taking over the desktop" means that the mass population of the US uses it, then I sure don't want that to happen. Because the American Public is, collectively, stupid. We fall for Nigerian scams, watch NASCAR, sit our fat asses in front of the TV for half of our day, eat fast food, watch American Idol, and vote a complete moron into the highest office.

I don't want Linux to take over the desktop, and I am not sure why anyone else does either.

Re:Linux is the rebellion of the intellectuals

[I'm Don Giovanni]

More like the rebellion of psuedo-intellectuals.