Biggest reason why people dont use it more?
The people that push, it treat it like a political/religious movement. Think too many times of the people that dont want to use it as idiots, and the companies whose products they do use as evil. (See Slashdot for all of the above)
Also many of these articles just assume people should use Linux...just because. They start from the premise that what you use now is bad with the same generalizations that they try to dispel about Linux being too complicated.
“The people that push, it treat it like a political/religious movement.”
Do you see that here?
“Think too many times of the people that dont want to use it as idiots”
As opposed to thinking people who do want to use it are cultist? And for every FOSS user who thinks people that disagree are idiots I can find at least 10 windows users who think FOSS users are losers living in their mothers basement.. There is enough crap to go around.
I think you’re right. Linux has been under 3% market share for years and years, in spite of being free.
Very, very well-said. Like creepy political and religious movements, it’s often difficult to separate the product from the agenda of the product’s cultish devotees. And as such, a normal person’s inclination is to avoid the product altogether, even when the product itself has nothing wrong with it.
The people that push, it treat it like a political/religious movement.
Just read through the entire thread up to the point of this post.
Wow! Are you right! Man! What a bunch of intolerant pro-linux bigots!
Jeez, I've never seen such vicousness... Bunch of extremists, these guys are.
The people that push, it treat it like a political/religious movement.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Mac users?