Why Can’t Linux Crack The Desktop?

The remarkable part is that he completely skips over the real problem with Linux on the desktop : network effects.

Linux is no harder than Windows (maybe a scoonch harder than Mac). The best Linux software is plenty good indeed, and some of it has actually migrated into Windowsland.

But...

There's a freakin' TON of Windows software, and lots of people who use it. If you develop an attachment to your software, create templates and/or macros for it, etc, you don't want something else that does the same job, you want your software.

More to the point -- you want to ask questions of and get tips from other users.

That world is a Windows world these days.

@kikinovak

Quoting:With friends like Dark Duck, Linux doesn't need enemies.

Let me draw your attention to the last paragraph of the linked post.

Quoting:This post is written by John Lewis...

Author's position may differ from site owner's one.

And also, I prefer my nickname to be spelt like DarkDuck. I think you understand it, Kiki Novak?

@tracyanne: You're not right. I usually very rarely reply to comments to guest posts, unless it really touches me personally. Also, please look to my reply to kikinovak.

@DD I had to in order to read your request that I do so.

Quoting:And also, I prefer my nickname to be spelt like DarkDuck.

Blogger annoyed by misspelling of his moniker; misspells the word "spelled."

Wow.

Quoting:If you develop an attachment to your software, create templates and/or macros for it, etc, you don't want something else that does the same job, you want your software.

Very True. Let's face it, it is awfully hard to get off "cracked up" stuff, if you know what I mean.

@fluffer, DD is nothing at all like Roy Schestowitz. A of of his articles are wrong headed, and I would be among the first to call him on that, but to compare him to Roy Schestowitz is really unfair, and actually insulting.

In point of fact I was wrong to assume it was DD who wrote that ridiculous article. Of course he didn't defend the article by replying to me, that was the job of the articles author, who plainly realised he had written FUD, and wasn't about to stick around.

Quoting:Blogger annoyed by misspelling of his moniker; misspells the word "spelled."

Wow.

If you actually look it up, you will find that "spelt" is a correct alternative form for "spelled." The English language in particular is odd like that.

> If you actually look it up, you will find that "spelt" is a correct alternative form for "spelled."

Thank you CFWhitman. :)

Yes, spelt is a perfectly valid alternative spelling, recognized by Merriam Webster: From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spelt %5B2%5D:

Definition of SPELT chiefly British past and past participle of spell

And yes, potatoe is a recognized variant spelling of potato for those old enough to remember that kerfuffle, though I don't believe it's in any current dictionaries.

I stand corrected! But I've gotta add, though, folks who routinely type words like "spelt" generally also love to type actual non-words like "prolly."

I'll prolly go to skool today. I spelt that right, no?"

> I've gotta add, though, folks who routinely type words like "spelt" generally also love to type actual non-words like "prolly."

What part of it being a chiefly British spelling did you miss? Or are you accusing the entire British Isles of not being able to spell now?

Well, you recall why Eliza Doolittle was determined to be Hungarian? Her English was just too good for her to be a native speaker.

DarkDuck still gets the blame for publishing this nonsense in his blog.

He ought to put a disclaimer at the top of any article he didn't write himself, with the author's name and a brief statement that the opinions in the article are the author's alone...

He ought to put a disclaimer at the top of any article he didn't write himself, with the author's name and a brief statement that the opinions in the article are the author's alone...

That or he could be more careful about the copy he accepts for publication on his blog. According to DD he wants to write about Linux and from what I've read, he seems to want to do this constructively. As such, putting randomly written, third party FUD on his blog is not doing him any favors.

True,... But printing an anti-Linux story once in a while helps us Linux users gain a little perspective on what others are thinking, ...

JaseP,

Depends if the story is really representative of what others are thinking or is simply corporate propaganda.

Quoting:Blogger annoyed by misspelling of his moniker; misspells the word "spelled."

Wow.

Quoting:If you actually look it up, you will find that "spelt" is a correct alternative form for "spelled." The English language in particular is odd like that.

Much more commonplace than this rarely-used form of "spelled" is the proper spelling of the grain spelt. See such fine sites as 'Spelt - An Ancient Grain', found at http://nutrition.about.com/od/grainsandcereals/p/spelt.htm

@JaseP

Then he should label it at such. Without some introduction to what purpose this FUD serves it is just publishing FUD.

@ Montezuma:

Corporate FUD is important from the perspective that it lets you know what their angle is,... It helps when trying to figure out where the axe will fall from...

> Much more commonplace than this rarely-used form of "spelled" is the proper spelling of the grain spelt...

Your reading list obviously doesn't match mine. Spelt is very common in the books I've read.