Desktop Linux (fwd)

[Jon maddog Hall]

travis at scootz.net said:
> You know why linux will fail on the desktop for most families..

Travis,

You are right that Linux will fail on most at-home desktops in 2004-2005
because of a lack of "cool" software.

It will also fail because the normal "support line" of at-home desktops
(the church, the club, the nextdoor neighbor) will not be there in 2004-2005
because it is not being used at work in 2002-2003.  But as people start
using it at work two things will happen:

	o that alternate support line will be built
	o ISVs will start porting that "cool software"

Make no mistake about it.  Vendors do not port or not port their software
due to the difficulty of the port.  They port it due to the perceived volume
growth in new desktops.

I think that Linux will start to see that growth in 2004/2005, and I think that
the ISVs are already porting.

Regards,

md

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