Comment Practical Linuxism (Score 1) 60
You nailed it...Linux needs Apps that work like the stuff everybody in Windows land has used for years. Even Linus himself conceded something like this at the last LinuxWorld.
Computers are a means to an end, not an end unto themselves. And if that's true for computers, its doubly so for operating systems. Though arcane, bloated, and slow, Windows makes the world go round because its got the Apps most people want.
The Linux zealots and their criticizers will always be there, but they'll never be remembered for clever remarks or shameless flame throwing.
The folks, quiet or not, who actually heed Linus' advice and make apps which beget more users which beget more apps, which beget more users, and so on and so on and so on, will be remembered for actually DOING something useful. If they're smart about it, they can also get rich.
Computers are a means to an end, not an end unto themselves. And if that's true for computers, its doubly so for operating systems. Though arcane, bloated, and slow, Windows makes the world go round because its got the Apps most people want.
The Linux zealots and their criticizers will always be there, but they'll never be remembered for clever remarks or shameless flame throwing.
The folks, quiet or not, who actually heed Linus' advice and make apps which beget more users which beget more apps, which beget more users, and so on and so on and so on, will be remembered for actually DOING something useful. If they're smart about it, they can also get rich.
