The one thing that has prevented Linux from entering the market as a common house-hold system are the two things that really drives the industry, games, and money. nobody gives a toss if linux has the best security, the best networking, the best, well, everything really. If little jonny slackjaw can't drop his CD in the tray and within seconds be whisked away to the magical world of Quake (or whatever) he isn't going to bother with linux. Voodoo. One of the hottest bits of hardware available(where i live anyway) it the Voodoo3 3500 Why? i hear you ask, is it because it has video capture? no, is it because it can make word 2000 scroll text perfectly(?)? no is it because it can make Quake3:Arena go down like single malt scotch? YES!!!. 3DFx have made a hell of a lot of money from gamers. even microshaft have contributed to the world of gaming with DirectX. One of the joys of windoze 95/8 is that it IS easy to set-up and use, to install (supported) hardware all you have to do is plug it in and windoze will do the rest. Connecting to the internet is also a no-brainer, hell, most isp's provide software that does it all for you. the debate between linux and windows is fairly similar to the debate between the PC and the console. everyone has their own opinions and they are entitled to them. my conclusion is not that windows is better tha linux or that linux is better than windows - simply that each os has it's advantages and people are drawn to those. microshaft can never kill linux because people will (hopefully/probably) always be using linux because it suits their needs likewise people will always be using windows. i, personally use both.
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The one thing that has prevented Linux from entering the market as a common house-hold system are the two things that really drives the industry, games, and money. nobody gives a toss if linux has the best security, the best networking, the best, well, everything really. If little jonny slackjaw can't drop his CD in the tray and within seconds be whisked away to the magical world of Quake (or whatever) he isn't going to bother with linux. Voodoo. One of the hottest bits of hardware available(where i live anyway) it the Voodoo3 3500 Why? i hear you ask, is it because it has video capture? no, is it because it can make word 2000 scroll text perfectly(?)? no is it because it can make Quake3:Arena go down like single malt scotch? YES!!!. 3DFx have made a hell of a lot of money from gamers. even microshaft have contributed to the world of gaming with DirectX. One of the joys of windoze 95/8 is that it IS easy to set-up and use, to install (supported) hardware all you have to do is plug it in and windoze will do the rest. Connecting to the internet is also a no-brainer, hell, most isp's provide software that does it all for you. the debate between linux and windows is fairly similar to the debate between the PC and the console. everyone has their own opinions and they are entitled to them. my conclusion is not that windows is better tha linux or that linux is better than windows - simply that each os has it's advantages and people are drawn to those. microshaft can never kill linux because people will (hopefully/probably) always be using linux because it suits their needs likewise people will always be using windows. i, personally use both.