Interesting article about "What Linux is doing wrong on the desktop"

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Friday 28 April 2006 16:52, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> And you've, of course, never ranted about Windows and reliability and
> virii and such in her presence not even once, right?  And you've never
> once crowed over how immune you are from viruses, right?
>
> Anecdotal evidence from uncontrolled environments?  Which definition of
> FUD does that fall under now?  :D
I agree with you that the evidence is anecdotal, and far from conclusive, 
however, the point remains. Linux uptake is increasing. This can only come 
from Windows and Mac OS. As there are basically very few Mac OS users, it is 
logical to suppose that the new users are coming from Windows. I would guess 
(here this is my opinion), that most would be like the family members I have 
moved to Ubuntu, relatively inexperienced. They moved to Linux because:
a) cheaper
b) security
c) stability

In all those cases (more than ten), they moved without me advocating Linux to 
them, they came and asked me. Many people really are interested in a change. 
As to the numbers or percentages, I would not even hazard a guess.

Sasha