Although I agree that a shorter boot time would be attractive, I doubt this will increase the number of people using Linux. A lot of the resistance to using Linux is tied up in the number of applications that don't port to the operating system, not the boot time. It doesn't matter how quickly the OS is available if you can't do anything once it turns on.
If you could make it so that the majority of windows applications ran without resistance, I think that almost no boot time could make Linux revolutionary. Until then, I think you're wasting man hours on the wrong problem.
I cannot be the only person to have ever read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
They have clearly stolen Zaphod's stereo. The point being he has to sit completely and totally still in order to listen to any kind of music, because even the slightest gesture will change the challenge/volume/etc.
Is there any way he could take credit for Clippy the dancing paperclip? I think most of us would enjoy it if he was made illegal to install on new computers.
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Although I agree that a shorter boot time would be attractive, I doubt this will increase the number of people using Linux. A lot of the resistance to using Linux is tied up in the number of applications that don't port to the operating system, not the boot time. It doesn't matter how quickly the OS is available if you can't do anything once it turns on. If you could make it so that the majority of windows applications ran without resistance, I think that almost no boot time could make Linux revolutionary. Until then, I think you're wasting man hours on the wrong problem.
I cannot be the only person to have ever read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. They have clearly stolen Zaphod's stereo. The point being he has to sit completely and totally still in order to listen to any kind of music, because even the slightest gesture will change the challenge/volume/etc.
Is there any way he could take credit for Clippy the dancing paperclip? I think most of us would enjoy it if he was made illegal to install on new computers.
So you're saying we can't kill the RIAA because they're a useful plot device?