Sandals and Ponytails Behind Slow Linux Adoption

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 28, 2006 @10:01AM from the shave-and-a-haircut dept.

Eric Giguere writes "CNet is reporting that according to former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn 'the lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software's slow uptake in commercial environments.' In particular, Quinn blames the 'sandal and ponytail set' for sluggish adoption of Linux by businesses and governments." From the article: "Quinn, who faced plenty of scrutiny over his support of the OpenDocument standards-based office document format, said proponents of open source in government faced formidable opposition from vested interests if they went public."

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Actually, it's the marijuana by jfengel · 2006-03-28 10:18 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Specifically, the marijuana that Quinn has clearly been smoking. There are a host of factors behind the reluctance to switch to Linux desktops: unfamiliarity, MS lock-in, intertia, the confusing array of different Linux distros, not to mention the number of Slashdotters themselves who will tell you that Linux isn't completely ready for the desktop yet.

If Quinn thinks that my footwear is the deciding factor, I wish he'd quit bogarting that joint.