The author needs to learn how search engines work.  You can't converse with them like a person.  "Why choose linux?" is not a smart query.  Maybe "linux benefits OR advantages".  Furthermore, the question is not why one would choose linux, but why one would choose windows.  Especially when it is so obviously inferior.

And the last thing a newbie needs is a comparison of distros unless that comparison clearly puts one above all others.  Too much choice is bad for most people.  Take for example the windows market.  There are varying degrees of "Home" and "business".  A home user might want home, but maybe he thinks he wants something a little more.  "business" sounds professional, lets get that, but wait, does that mean it will miss the fun things?  But if he buys "home", will he miss the professional things?  Too much choice is a recepie for confusion and frustration.  That's why microsoft has "Ultimate".  With a name like that, Gladys in accounting can feel like she's "getting everything". 

The problem is linux doesn't have tiers, so it has no top tier.  Until it does, sheeple won't know what they're supposed to think they want. [sic]  Until it does, I'm handing out Ubuntu discs.  When one of those doesn't boot right, they get Fedora.

On 6/22/07, Julie <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=519
 
Some interesting points can be found in this article. The msg threads can be either quite amusing or exasperating, at least to a point. If you have a zdnet account I hope you chime in. If you don't have an account, there's no big deal in making one. <wink>
 
ENJOY!
Julie @};-
 

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