Re: Dream OS = Linux

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:58

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In <41bp9a$2lj@sloth.swcp.com> cardinal@swcp.com (Carlos Carbajal) writes:

>shampoo@unix.infoserve.net (Ken Vong) wrote:
>
>Linux is great: for an educational experience. 

Tell this to the companies using it as a production OS.  

>It is not user-friendly. 

It _is_ user-friendly.  It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.

>But everyone is missing the point of OS wars: apps
>determine the success of an OS. Right now this is why DOS/WIN is in
>the lead. Linux versions of Word, Excel, Notes, Photoshop, CorelDraw
>are unlikely for now.

_You_ missed the point.  Without any kind of marketing forces behind it,
Linux got pretty well spread, considerably more than the guy who started
the project ever dreamed.  It was _never_ intended to replace MSDOS or
anything else.  Compare this to NT, which was supposed to take over
the workstation market and kill Unix, but failed miserably in its goals.

The quality of an OS has very little to do with its commercial success.
Have a look at the brain dead market leaders: MSDOS/Windows and MacOS.

Dan
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