[aclug-L] Re: Reactions to the following?

["John Alexander" <johnalexander@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No need to, it runs fine for me under WINE. My honest impression and gut
feeling is that Linux won't take off for the average joe/joan until the
install matches Windows '9x in simplicity, with all the inherent
assumptions. But then, do we all want our OS to be making all of those
assumptions for us?

ja

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Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Reactions to the following?



On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> I'm one of the perhaps rare few that thinks Linux as a mainstream desktop
IS
> is silly.  It's a server OS, and should remain one... but whatever.  As
long

I don't think it's silly, but I do think it's a lot further off than many
Linux fans think.

Unix has been a workstation OS for years and years... no reason that Linux
shouldn't be capable of running workstations.  It just won't be adequate
for least-common-denominator end-user desktop deployment until it has the
apps everyone wants/needs.

I believe this will be achieved for the home market when Intuit ports
Quicken to Linux.

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