Sanket Shah wrote:
Guys, the average user doesnt even know firefox or
others are alternatives
to shitty Internet Explorer. How do u expect them to make their way through
linux? If u use linux, U HAV TO SPEND TIME TO SUIT UR TASTE.
Even after I install FOSS equivalents for them in Doze, many are still
too lazy to figure out how to use them. Such people do not deserve FOSS.
Linux needs a large investment initially in terms of
setting up time, which
unfortunately people don't have in the professional world, but they hav
money. An avg MBA grad who gets laptops from college or buys one usually has
abt 8-10 hrs at home daily at max (may be some weekends too). When do you
think they will sit around for hrs and make their linux flavor set to their
taste buds???
And, there is the notion, "Free OS?" "Better than Windows?"
"Surely they are
bluffing." "Linux is so complex." blah blah blah... People are so used to
the idea of paying for software that they dun fathom the idea of linux. Very
few actually pay here fr software proven by rampant piracy. They are so used
to using cracked stuff and trial versions, that free software seems
impossible...
Support for Linux is needed from manufacturers as well as commercial
software package makers for the industry. However this is still a
distant dream. We still have software makers who make commercial
packages for Airline Booking, Share Trading, etc for the agents, run
only in the Administrator mode of doze. All this is software involves
high value money transactions but the doze zombies don't even know how
to make their software run in Limited User mode.
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Regards,
Rony.
GNU/Linux !
No Viruses
No Spyware
Only Freedom.