6 steps to make Linux popular (an Article)

[Charlotte Curtis]

Even if linux were as advertised and shiny as Vista, I still don't think it
would be popular.  I think the only way to make it "popular" would be to
have it preinstalled - there's a lot of people who just use whatever their
computer came with, or whatever is installed at the library, etc.  I put
Zenwalk on the computer in my club's office, and the only people who
commented on it were the people who knew what it was.

On 2/21/07, Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> wrote:
>
> Myles Braithwaite wrote:
> >
> http://saralk.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/15/568686-6-steps-to-make-linux-popular
>
> Summary: In order to make "Linux" popular, it must become Microsoft
> Windows, failings and all.
>
>
>    I've seen many versions of this identical article over the last
> decade+, and none of them have really said anything useful.  While
> interface interoperability (human , API and file format) is useful to
> allow for easier migration  (Which requires software developer/vendor
> interest, but also legal reforms to patent and copyright law to disallow
> interface monopolies), everything else suggested is actually a
> disadvantage and not an advantage.
>
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