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Originally Posted by big_k105
One other thing though. I personally can't see linux ever being fully adopted by the mass public, and to tell you the truth I think in the back of every geeks head they are saying please do not become a widely used OS. The reason I think it is because we geeks like to be different, and using linux besides the fact that we consider it better then other OS's out there we also know that it makes us alittle different. But as linux is growing more and more popular, it is actually making the OS we use the norm and most geeks don't like to be normal so once Linux is adopted by the masses we are all going to end up switching what we use. I don't know how many people feel like that but I think that it has some truth to it. If you don't think it does then I guess it don't matter.  |
Thats exactly the feeling I get from using the distributions and reading some of the comments made. Geeks want linux to stay in the domain of the geek. Though that would mean that windows will be #1 for the next 10 years+. If Mac OS X could make inroads by making more reliable cheaper hardware(a contraction i know) then it might take 20%+ within 5-10 years.
Linux's one advantage is that its free as in beer (most people dont care about the speech part). There is alos alot of forums that will support it. But its just not a feesable replacement for your average user.