Re:Motivation. (Score 1)

Well, I agree, but that's sort of the point she's making: too many open source programs are written for open source programmers -- in other words, there's a wall surrounding much of the open source world, effectively blocking everyone out who doesn't qualify as a coder or expert sysadmin. That wall can be climbed, but all newbies are going to have to work out for quite a while beforehand in order to do it. Meanwhile they're stuck with two options: I can stick with my existing (bleah) Windows system, or I can go out and buy a Mac. But what if I don't want to do either, and I don't feel I should have to consult a manual to get the software to work properly (this isn't an unreasonable demand). Really the only thing that'll fix this is getting either companies to start developing more open source, or start scouring the globe for people who honestly want to use their programs to evangelize. But where shall we find them?