Open Source software doesn't move at the pace that Microsoft does. Good software takes time! Everyone in the world could switch to M$ based products three times over and it wouldn't bother the true OSS developers. We don't need advocacy; we need people with heart and skill. While others are being pushed through the bovine lines at colleges there are others that believe in what they do and do it the best in the world.
It's not going to be for Grandma for years to come. Until then, patience and contribution are our only true choices. The media? Well, they're just a diversion for people who don't know better.
Cheers.
I agree. The only one's who care about linux are people who already know it, or the few newbies that are just starting. I wouldn't want a company like Dell to promote it anyways, cause if an ad campaign failed, NOBODY would touch it again. I like things the way they are....the cluefull take advantage of Linux, while the clueless spend, spend spend...:-)
I couldn't imagine battling the spikey hairs here at work to switch to Linux. They fear change, cause people are lazy....which is really a catch 22, cause if we were running Linux, it would be less work.
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Open Source software doesn't move at the pace that Microsoft does. Good software takes time! Everyone in the world could switch to M$ based products three times over and it wouldn't bother the true OSS developers. We don't need advocacy; we need people with heart and skill. While others are being pushed through the bovine lines at colleges there are others that believe in what they do and do it the best in the world.
It's not going to be for Grandma for years to come. Until then, patience and contribution are our only true choices. The media? Well, they're just a diversion for people who don't know better. Cheers.
I agree. The only one's who care about linux are people who already know it, or the few newbies that are just starting. I wouldn't want a company like Dell to promote it anyways, cause if an ad campaign failed, NOBODY would touch it again. I like things the way they are....the cluefull take advantage of Linux, while the clueless spend, spend spend... :-)
I couldn't imagine battling the spikey hairs here at work to switch to Linux. They fear change, cause people are lazy....which is really a catch 22, cause if we were running Linux, it would be less work.