Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses?

[chiskop]

Was just wondering halicon, is your sig a reference to your experience with ubuntu?

And, btw, I do appreciate what you've been saying in this thread.

 

[jaarik]

Was just wondering halicon, is your sig a reference to your experience with ubuntu?

o my word! are you one of those reading the fine print?

i read that, too, and i think you are good with verbal imaging. well done!

 

[.Froot.]

Our sig's are often just a representation of what we feel or want to tell the world or maybe we're just BS'ing everyone. Who knows?

--World Linux Occupation and Domination since 1969.... muhahaha--

 

[talon]

its weird.

i am talking about how to make Linux more accessible, better and more appealing to the mass market but of course because I am pointing out current flaws that can easily be improved i get labeled an M$ fanboi and hypocrite.

and i am only saying this because it is what i do for a living, and i do it well. But woteva... pointless trying to debate.

I do however appreciate Icyrus for understanding what i was trying to say.

As a non linux user, I think I get your point. The Macdonalds principle of providing a simple choice of say 1 . 2 or option 3 obviously works.

Someone walks into a store to buy a new flat screen tv. They are bombarded with tech talk regarding this and that, which is like listening to a greek lecture for half an hour. Faced with so many choices, and now feeling uncertain as to which decision is correct. And end up walking away feeling completely dumdfounded.

The average user likes to make simple choices, anything slightly more complex which may to you or me seem simple, means fear to them. Fear of making a mistake, fear of losing something. Fear of messing things up.

So what do they do, they stay with what they have. Most of you will argue with me that making changes to the gui is a simple process. To the average user, nothing is simple when it comes to a computer.

I speak from years of experience in dealing with the "average" user, I am very impressed with the way that linux has evolved. And I forsee it replacing windows in the future. As most young people of today grow up with a PC, they become comfortable with the technology. Learning and experiencing all the time, they don't have the same fear I'm talking about.

I think this is the point you are making, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[w1z4rd]

Now we are comparing OS`s not to VCRs.. but McDonalds? Oh well, if we are, and Vista is the "McDonalds" of the world, then you can be sure you are getting no nutritional value from your operating system Which sounds about right..

If Vista is McDonalds (with limited choice) then Linux is a Woolworths food shop with all the choices for a healthy balanced diet... which one will get you further in the long run?

 

[.Froot.]

Now we are comparing OS`s not to VCRs.. but McDonalds? Oh well, if we are, and Vista is the "McDonalds" of the world, then you can be sure you are getting no nutritional value from your operating system Which sounds about right..

If Vista is McDonalds (with limited choice) then Linux is a Woolworths food shop with all the choices for a healthy balanced diet... which one will get you further in the long run?

I think Woolworths trumps McDonalds on this one, ie Linux is wiping itself with Vista.

 

[jaarik]

I think Woolworths trumps McDonalds on this one, ie Linux is wiping itself with Vista.

Except for maybe that you go to a grand food shop to satisfy your gastronomic cravings for free...

 

[.Froot.]

Ok, so that part of the whole thing doesn't work out to great. Imagine Woolworths was really cheap (yet still had good food) and McDonald's was really expensive (yet still has really crappy food).

 

[jaarik]

Ok, so that part of the whole thing doesn't work out to great. Imagine Woolworths was really cheap (yet still had good food) and McDonald's was really expensive (yet still has really crappy food).

Exactly. Nod.