How many geeks out there would bother with windows at all if it weren't for the games side of things. Its reaching the point where h/w manufacturers are doing linux drivers so there is an increased uptake, or at least awareness of these things, why not in the gaming world considering the strong geek connection.
At the same time if someone (non-geek) can switch on a machine and right out of the box (within reason of course) start to surf, mail etc then would they actually care what OS was running? Probably not. The only time when people would really be concerned is when it breaks down - they then have to fix it themselves or get someone who can. In an office environment the network monkeys probably don't like this deviation from the true faith and will refuse to help. Cue one stuck user with 'I told you so' ringing in his ears and a newly installed verion of xp. Or if they want to work at home they have a problem converting all the time between the MSOffice format at work and the OOffice at home. Why bother - use wondows at home as well.
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How many geeks out there would bother with windows at all if it weren't for the games side of things. Its reaching the point where h/w manufacturers are doing linux drivers so there is an increased uptake, or at least awareness of these things, why not in the gaming world considering the strong geek connection. At the same time if someone (non-geek) can switch on a machine and right out of the box (within reason of course) start to surf, mail etc then would they actually care what OS was running? Probably not. The only time when people would really be concerned is when it breaks down - they then have to fix it themselves or get someone who can. In an office environment the network monkeys probably don't like this deviation from the true faith and will refuse to help. Cue one stuck user with 'I told you so' ringing in his ears and a newly installed verion of xp. Or if they want to work at home they have a problem converting all the time between the MSOffice format at work and the OOffice at home. Why bother - use wondows at home as well.