Microsoft to Yank XP in 2 Years

pc world ^ | 4/23/12 | Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

[Moonman62]

In that case, I hope that two years from now, a version of Linux is so user-friendly, I won’t care what Microsoft offers.

I've been hoping the same for 10 years. I try 4 or 5 distributions every year, but go back to Windows. The Linux community tends to look at user friendliness as a temporary fad.

[FlyVet]

The Linux community tends to look at user friendliness as a temporary fad.

Yeah, that's too bad. But I suppose, being geeks, they can't help but tinker with things.

"It's easy!" Yeah, it's easy for those who live, eat, and breathe computers and software all day long. But for the rest us, we like to turn it on and use it, without spending months trying to figure it out.

It can be done, though. First time I tried Open Office, never had a need for MS Office again. If someone can make a Linux version like that, I'm sold.