On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 12:09 -0500, Arch Willingham wrote: > I'm sure somebody can step up and help me, but I can't think of any > negatives about using FOSS stuff. Documentation can be spotty as heck. But that can be a universal problem when coders are called upon to become doc writers. A good doc-writer is not necessarily a good coder, and visa-versa. They are two separate skills. User interfaces can be cryptic, but that is a Universal problem as well. But, Linux has its roots in UNIX/Admin mentality and it shows it's head at times. Let's face it, the entire reason PC's caught on in the first place was to get something done sooner without having to kiss someone's butt to do it. Then Windows arrived and even the Pointy Haired Boss could deal with a computer, as well as Joe Lunchbucket. So, guess what gets chosen for company wide use? Something with that comforting M$ flag waving on it. Now we're starting to see more and more Mac users, on an Intel platform using another flavor of UNIX and people seem to love it. I think we screwed the pooch on this one. That ought to be our market, not Jobs. He's eating ribeyes off our plates. That's the helluvait is that the application suites installed on an Intel Mac are not that many in number, but he wisely focused on Audio/Video. He's kicking Windows in the butt as well. On the other hand, he didn't have to handle the drivers for 1,000 different soundcards, either. So, in the traditional UNIX niche, Linux shines brightly. For a newbie-level user installing for the first time, their mileage may vary as to the degree of usefulness actually achieved. That's the minus. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
