http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=58657,00.asp
From my viewpoint, this article with a title originated by Walt Kelly strikes the nail solidly on its most puissant point. Linux developers need to focus on application production, in a finished manner, for desktop acceptance to be widespread.
I receive a Linux listserv from LockerGnome [itself a source of many useful items in this blog], and a continuing, multi-part series [up to #7 and still going] wherein the editor wrestles with installation problems in getting what should be a simple and basic piece of software to work in a manner recalling an XFL game in the height of winter makes this point plain. When I read this latter listserv, I sat back and wondered why anyone would want to go through such a frustrating, hair-tearing experince.
By the sounds of this article, I am not the only one so wondering.
Posted by jho at September 4, 2003 11:54 AM