I would respectfully disagree. I think just because we don’t do it now doesn’t mean we can’t figure out a way to do it in the future.
I also agree with another poster who stated it has a philosophical and political (I didn’t say religious as well, although everyone knows that is sometimes a propensity as well) quality to the use of a free OS.
I understand that completely. Not my boat, but I can see how it is for some.
I would agree if we were looking at a technical problem--but we're not. In the appliance sense, you can make an easy to use computer tomorrow: just take an OS and software you can modify and strip it down. My point isn't that we haven't figured out how to make computers easy to use, it's that, to the degree you are talking about, it would make the computer quite nearly useless. Everyone does different things with their computers, which is why OSes shoot for being generic--but that same genericness or power is what makes the machine hard to use.
I also agree with another poster who stated it has a philosophical and political...quality to the use of a free OS.
I'll be honest, I don't quite know what you mean here, but I can assure you that I do not use Linux out of some bizarre ideological conviction. I use it because it is a good product.
I am the head of IT in my department so I understand technology pretty well
Just an FYI, to the techie world the former does not in the least prove the latter. For an exaggeration of why, see the Dilbert comic.