And it's only by convincing today's Windows users to switch, that Linux can avoid the fate that the article spells out.
It's kind of interesting that you should make every windows user sound inept technically. It's kind of a sweeping generalization. I use Windows myself at home by choice and have tried Linux, and have no interest in changing. Why? Well obviously the classic response is that `it does everything I need' (runs firefox, TeX, CDex, for example)...but truly aside from making a philosophy statement (that I am supporting OpenSource by not supporting MS), there's no reason to switch. And I don't consider that statement very important at the moment. Generally a major factor in getting users to switch would be the quality of the next MS OS, and not the current quality of Linux, no matter how well it works.
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And it's only by convincing today's Windows users to switch, that Linux can avoid the fate that the article spells out. It's kind of interesting that you should make every windows user sound inept technically. It's kind of a sweeping generalization. I use Windows myself at home by choice and have tried Linux, and have no interest in changing. Why? Well obviously the classic response is that `it does everything I need' (runs firefox, TeX, CDex, for example)...but truly aside from making a philosophy statement (that I am supporting OpenSource by not supporting MS), there's no reason to switch. And I don't consider that statement very important at the moment. Generally a major factor in getting users to switch would be the quality of the next MS OS, and not the current quality of Linux, no matter how well it works.