My well.....
I've just decided I?m not going to Oracle. Ever. =)
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Linux is an OS designed by programmers, FOR programmers (and power users). If you don't like writing shells scripts, or spending a significant portion of your time at the command line, then Linux is just not for you.
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Hmm, while it is dangerous I?d say Linux can be all things to all people that are the beauty of it. I mean you can install Slackware and choose not to install Glibc if you want, or you can install mandrake with a pretty GUI installer. That's my ultimate OS world, a unified base across all systems but everything else being variable. Shove Debian on the server, Mandrake on the Desktop, OSX on the Graphics box and Something cut down on the Palm and be able to port apps between them will little work. It?s this kind of widespread appeal that could get Linux the market share it needs to start being a real competitor to windows. It?s a catch 22, Linux needs more apps to get more users but needs more users to get more apps. When it hits critical mass it *will* be interesting. I?m thinking .NET is going to be a huge boost, it?s basically wipes out piracy as we know it and may help push people (particularly home users who aren't used to paying) into rethinking.