XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:33:56 +0100, steve wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:55:40 -0700, linux-sux wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> The Anthill Mob wrote:   
   >>> Face it Linux has had more than enough time to make it's presence known   
   >>> as a desktop system and it has failed miserably. THird world countries   
   >>> and a handful of minor companies don;t even put a ping in Microsoft's   
   >>> market.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I ask, is Linux desktop headed for extinction like BEOS and OS/2 both   
   >>> of which were superior to Windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Linux is free, supports a fair amount of hardware and includes a ton of   
   >>> free programs so why isn't anyone interested? Common sense would dictate   
   >>> Linux would steamroll Microsoft, yet Linux remains a virtual unknown   
   >>> amongst average Jane. Why?   
   >>> Maybe because it sucks and the public is not interested?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> no. linux isn't the next beos or os2. linux sucks much worse than either   
   >> one of those.   
   >   
   >I take it you have used all three and you can give comparative examples.   
      
   It's most likely something along the lines of "linux is a bit harder to   
   use than BeOS or OS/2 so therefore it's worse than either".   
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