Comments on: Linux On The Desktop, ad nauseam http://jontillman.com/2006/11/09/linux-on-the-desktop-ad-nauseum/ Part of the problem since 1976 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jon http://jontillman.com/2006/11/09/linux-on-the-desktop-ad-nauseum/#comment-4686 Jon Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:42:49 +0000 http://jontillman.com/2006/11/09/linux-on-the-desktop-ad-nauseum/#comment-4686 There is no reason to correct my assertion. You claim that Linux is ready for the desktop and that this is no longer a debatable matter. That is a bold, and I believe foolish, assertion of your own. Yes, there have been well-managed, well-executed migrations to Linux desktops in narrow business scenarios, but that does not mean that "Linux is ready for the desktop" and it certainly doesn't mean that "this is no longer a debatable matter." I can think of <a href="http://mythdispeller.linuxworldnet.com/what-is-desktop-linux-missing/" rel="nofollow">several reasons</a> why Linux is not ready for the desktop, and I challenge you to explain away these deficiencies. There is no reason to correct my assertion. You claim that Linux is ready for the desktop and that this is no longer a debatable matter. That is a bold, and I believe foolish, assertion of your own.

Yes, there have been well-managed, well-executed migrations to Linux desktops in narrow business scenarios, but that does not mean that “Linux is ready for the desktop” and it certainly doesn’t mean that “this is no longer a debatable matter.”

I can think of several reasons why Linux is not ready for the desktop, and I challenge you to explain away these deficiencies.

]]> By: Rudd-O http://jontillman.com/2006/11/09/linux-on-the-desktop-ad-nauseum/#comment-4685 Rudd-O Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:54:49 +0000 http://jontillman.com/2006/11/09/linux-on-the-desktop-ad-nauseum/#comment-4685 You said my opinions were unsubstantiated. I invite you... sadly it's in Spanish... to read my thesis work and see how it's considerably substantiated there. I also invite you to research the number of desktop deployments around the world, to see whether they're all on a whim or they have been researched and carefully planned. After that, please corrrect your assertion. You said my opinions were unsubstantiated. I invite you… sadly it’s in Spanish… to read my thesis work and see how it’s considerably substantiated there. I also invite you to research the number of desktop deployments around the world, to see whether they’re all on a whim or they have been researched and carefully planned. After that, please corrrect your assertion.

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