Yes, it looks not so good for Linux on the desktop, but what are alternatives? OS/2? BeOS? Solaris? Looks like there are no real ones.
So if we really give up trying to bring Linux on the desktop", we would have to use Windoze, like the "others" for our daily work, because there would be no usable office suites, no up to date browser, no support for your USB-DSL-modem etc.
Beside that the might of M$ would grow. And when they don't have any competitor on the desktop market they can completely concentrate on the server market to gain the victory there, too. Don't belive M$ got no ways to kick Linux and other Un*xes out of the race, just think of proprietary protocols for web services, which are easy to enforce if you provide the clients for everybody. Enought!
What I want to say is, we really need an alternative and Linux is at this time the most usable alternative for the desktop. We just should continue to work on increasing the number of Linux desktop users, but let's start at another point. Don't inwent the twice and clone popular software, write useful tools that enables the software companies to port their software easily, fast and if possible at minimum costs to Linux and other OpenSource OSes. Don't try to convince the buisness people that their staff could learn how to use Linux, start to teach as many as possible of those computer kiddies in using Linux. Don't reverse engineer revers drivers, create emulators to use the Windoze onces.
I believe there are many ways to gain a greater share on the desktop market, we just have to consider our strategy and to go new ways.
P.S.: Most people is the third world haven't decided for an desktop OS, they don't have a computer -yet-, but if these people will get one, they would have to look at the software cost...
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Yes, it looks not so good for Linux on the desktop, but what are alternatives? OS/2? BeOS? Solaris? Looks like there are no real ones.
So if we really give up trying to bring Linux on the desktop", we would have to use Windoze, like the "others" for our daily work, because there would be no usable office suites, no up to date browser, no support for your USB-DSL-modem etc. Beside that the might of M$ would grow. And when they don't have any competitor on the desktop market they can completely concentrate on the server market to gain the victory there, too. Don't belive M$ got no ways to kick Linux and other Un*xes out of the race, just think of proprietary protocols for web services, which are easy to enforce if you provide the clients for everybody. Enought!
What I want to say is, we really need an alternative and Linux is at this time the most usable alternative for the desktop. We just should continue to work on increasing the number of Linux desktop users, but let's start at another point. Don't inwent the twice and clone popular software, write useful tools that enables the software companies to port their software easily, fast and if possible at minimum costs to Linux and other OpenSource OSes. Don't try to convince the buisness people that their staff could learn how to use Linux, start to teach as many as possible of those computer kiddies in using Linux. Don't reverse engineer revers drivers, create emulators to use the Windoze onces.
I believe there are many ways to gain a greater share on the desktop market, we just have to consider our strategy and to go new ways.
P.S.: Most people is the third world haven't decided for an desktop OS, they don't have a computer -yet-, but if these people will get one, they would have to look at the software cost...