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To: ShadowAce

If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...


3 posted on 10/26/2010 9:38:27 AM PDT by Mr. K (All our candidates suck! The media SAYS SO!!)
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To: Mr. K
If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...

What does that statement even mean?

6 posted on 10/26/2010 9:42:51 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: Mr. K
If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...

Inertia is a powerful force. Why are we all typing on QWERTY keyboards? It is NOT because the layout is superior.
7 posted on 10/26/2010 9:43:27 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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So far behind what?

In the server world, and the technical user world, it's the preferred system. In the embedded world, it's way beyond any other OS. Your wireless router is running a version of Linux.

/johnny

8 posted on 10/26/2010 9:43:35 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Mr. K; reaganaut
If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...

Free apps don't get much ad budget. Many people don't trust anything they get for free.

11 posted on 10/26/2010 10:04:26 AM PDT by mrreaganaut (When can the Martian Republic declare independence from Earth?)
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To: Mr. K

“If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...”

Linux is the fastest growing OS in the world. Its just not necessarily on PCs. But its in everything from your microwave to your telephone.


20 posted on 10/26/2010 12:26:39 PM PDT by ChinaThreat (3)
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To: Mr. K
If Linux is so damn good, why is it so damn far behind...

Because the vast majority of people don't install an operating system on their computer, they use what came on it. If you asked many of them to format a hard drive and install Windows 7 on it they'd get the cold shakes. I can assume you don't consider this an indictment of Windows?

21 posted on 10/26/2010 2:22:43 PM PDT by MichiganMan (Oprah: Commercial Beef Agriculture=Bad, Commercial Chicken Agriculture=Good...Wait, WTF???)
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