It's a reasonable, if slightly old criticism. It does rather miss the point, however - people who install Linux "because it's cool" will undoubtedly move on to the next "cool" operating system - but surely, these aren't the majority of people who keep Linux (and its associated tools) going?
Most people who genuinely enjoy, and contribute to the Linux community do so because they're technically minded, and it's the technically best thing out there. If something appears which surpasses it, people might move. The reasons behind this are not likely to be related to market share, Microsoft, or anything else - indeed the only reason for a technically better thing to arrive is if Linux ceases to satisfy the needs of a sufficient majority of users that they feel the need to produce something better. Unlikely, when they already have such a solid base in Linux?
I submitted this exact same story 20 minutes after Demon originally released this press release on 11th June? How is it more appropriate for it to appear now than it was 6 days ago?
1. Stupid enough to be using an M$ app to generate their HTML in the first place.
2. Lazy enough not to worry about the bugs in it, and consequently their HTML.
...then, nice and accurate as it might be, I fear a Perl script won't be what they're looking for. A huggy, friendly, 4.5Mb Winbloze app with 15 options screens might just whet their appetite:-)
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It's a reasonable, if slightly old criticism. It does rather miss the point, however - people who install Linux "because it's cool" will undoubtedly move on to the next "cool" operating system - but surely, these aren't the majority of people who keep Linux (and its associated tools) going?
Most people who genuinely enjoy, and contribute to the Linux community do so because they're technically minded, and it's the technically best thing out there. If something appears which surpasses it, people might move. The reasons behind this are not likely to be related to market share, Microsoft, or anything else - indeed the only reason for a technically better thing to arrive is if Linux ceases to satisfy the needs of a sufficient majority of users that they feel the need to produce something better. Unlikely, when they already have such a solid base in Linux?
I submitted this exact same story 20 minutes after Demon originally released this press release on 11th June? How is it more appropriate for it to appear now than it was 6 days ago?
If someone's...
:-)
1. Stupid enough to be using an M$ app to generate their HTML in the first place.
2. Lazy enough not to worry about the bugs in it, and consequently their HTML.
...then, nice and accurate as it might be, I fear a Perl script won't be what they're looking for. A huggy, friendly, 4.5Mb Winbloze app with 15 options screens might just whet their appetite