McAfee, Macromedia Flirting With F/OSS Community

xbsd writes "Those computer industry specialists claiming that the end of Linux is fast approaching may be interested in two recent movements inside the industry. Two weeks ago, McAfee, one of the world leaders in computer security products, launched its first commercial antivirus solution for Linux, and just yesterday, Macromedia announced that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation and plans to deliver a next-generation rich Internet application (RIA) development tool code-named Zorn based on the popular open-source IDE."

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Instead of Bashing Linux Critics...fix its problem

[marcybots]

"The Linux world suffers from a lack of modern intuitive menus and commands"

"Let's face it, Linux is free, useful and powerful. That alone says that it should have made a bigger impact on the desktop market than it has. There are obviously some problems."
From the Dvorak article.

Instead of saying why he is wrong why dont you correct those problems that everybody has been pointing out for years...namely that linux is not even close to being as user friendly as mac or windows. I used Linux but found it very difficult to do simple things like printing or changing settings. I may be more stable or secure, but on a everyday basis it is a pain in the neck to use for a nerd like me and everybody else who uses my system asks me where my real computer is (the windows one). Nobody says that about the mac operating system computers at work, since people can use them with out reading line one of any manual. Having to read a manual to figure out how to do basic functions should be a sign of failure for a developer of an operating system. Apple is still in business because they create elegant solutions where people spend more time doing work using a computer than figuring out how to get the computer to work.