Why Linux is losing the Battle for the Desktop
There's a pretty interesting article over at the Linux Gazette discussing how Linux appears to be losing the battle for the desktop. My only question is, was Linux ever winning at some point? I really can't... Eitherways, here's an excerpt from the article:
"In some respects, Linux already has better documentation than Windows ever thought about providing. There is an internal manual ("man pages") built into Linux. There are lots of external instructions ("HOWTOs") written by experienced users, explaining "how to" do all kinds things with Linux. Any distribution that cared to could build upon these resources and provide expanded and customized help files (specific to their own distribution) to answer common questions regarding program operation, server set-up, etc. Apparently this idea has never occurred to anyone."
"Perhaps it is because Linux has traditionally been sold to, well, basically computer geeks. People who either enjoy tinkering with computers as a hobby, or who were already experienced UNIX administers."
