This is why Linux fails on the desktop. People are NOT used to using repositories, people are used to buying software off the shelf. Also, millions don't have broadband connections to download everything.
The slow uptake has little to do with the quality of Linux/Unix/Apple as compared to Windows. It has everything to do with industry specific applications only being available in Windows.
When the average consumer can walk into Best Buy or Wal-mart, easily find the Linux software, purchase it, and get it to work on their specific distro, then Linux will come to the desktop. Until that time, it WILL remain in second place.
For businesses the old legacy apps will need to be ported over, and billion spent retraining employees and IT workers.
This is why it is slow on the uptake, and I am an Ubuntu user BTW.
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Look up some Plantinga for what that means.
The slow uptake has little to do with the quality of Linux/Unix/Apple as compared to Windows. It has everything to do with industry specific applications only being available in Windows. When the average consumer can walk into Best Buy or Wal-mart, easily find the Linux software, purchase it, and get it to work on their specific distro, then Linux will come to the desktop. Until that time, it WILL remain in second place. For businesses the old legacy apps will need to be ported over, and billion spent retraining employees and IT workers. This is why it is slow on the uptake, and I am an Ubuntu user BTW.