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AOL distances itself from Lindows | |
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| Time: 17:11 EST/22:11 GMT | News Source: MSNBC | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Thanks Steve. Last week, we told you about the new Microtel computer that sells for $199 and runs a form of Linux called Lindows. I noted that Lindows was touting itself as an AOL computer because it links to AOL services as part of its standard software — but it seems that AOL may have other ideas. | ||
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| #1 By 7826 (68.100.63.48) at 10/2/2002 9:05:08 PM |
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"Who buys Lindows"
Those folks in recent Apple TV commericals:) |
| #2 By 3653 (65.190.70.73) at 10/2/2002 11:00:57 PM |
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"In the eyes of the average PC consumer, this will set the Linux 'movement' back 5 years."
Excellent observation. Just another example of alot of media about nothin... |
| #3 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 10/3/2002 1:28:24 AM |
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I somehow doubt that the average PC consumer cares about the Linux 'movement' anyway. They never cared when it was the Amiga movement, or the Mac movement, or the OS/2 movement, or whatever.
Why do people think they will care now? Consumers just want their computers to work. |
| #4 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/3/2002 1:36:24 AM |
| I know this consumer doesn't care about the Linux movement. He's also sick of hearing about "almost Windows" "near Windows" and "approaching Windows" in terms of user experience. I've been hearing it for too long and it has yet to be true. Go away, Linux! If you actually get as good as Windows, come back and compete. Don't expect me to have sympathy for your cause until you are at least as good as Windows. |
| #5 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/3/2002 10:01:18 AM |
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I know the difference between Linux and Lindows. Linux is contantly compared with Windows. I can't count how many articles I have read this week alone that compare the new Red Hat 8 with Windows.
I don't suggest that Linus or the others that do Linux to quit. I'm just annoyed that they get so much press. Red Hat 8, Lindows 2.0, Mandrake 9 and whatever else is new and upcoming isn't anywhere "near enough" for probably 80% of Windows users. Furthermore, Linux is an extremely minimal portion of the market and should get a minimal amount of press. I don't pay attention to Linux news, but when I read tech news everyday and about half of it is about Linux, it's rather hard to avoid. I've used Linux and don't hate it. I prefer not to use it, but I won't say it is horrible and awful. Still though, it doesn't deserve the press it is getting and has received for many years. |
| #6 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 10/3/2002 10:39:01 AM |
| BobSmith, I don't care how much press Linux gets, as long as it's fair. Many of the articles about Linux as a desktop replacement are fair to a point... most agree that it's not really ready yet, but that it has come a long ways, which is true. But most totally focus on the home user, only paying lip service to the issues of the business desktop. A functional office suite and a browser alone do not fulfill the software needs of most businesses, and even most home users are going to have to repurchase or give up altogether a lot of the software (and probably some hardware) they've purchased. Software package deployment and maintenance is never even considered. The total cost of switching desktop platforms far outweighs any benefit in OS licensing costs at this point in time (as Gartner has shown), but all the articles I've seen seem to run along the lines of mere checklists of "Can it run this app/be configured like Windows?" That's way too narrow in focus, and that's what bothers me personally about the Linux press coverage. |
| #7 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 10/3/2002 10:45:26 AM |
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RANT - I notice that Linux zealots like to use Rush Limbaugh tactics of argumentation.
"You are confusing Linux with Lindows. Linux has never had an objective to be 'like Windows'. " Linux has never had an objective to do anything, because it's not a sentient object. However Linux zealots have been pushing an objective to be 'like Windows', they have been doing so since around 1997. |
| #8 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/3/2002 11:24:56 AM |
| RANT, you are very correct about Linux as a server. That is also something I don't understand. Linux is doing far better in the server space than it is in the desktop space, yet the press it gets talks primarily about Linux as a desktop. I don't understand that. |
| #9 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 10/3/2002 11:33:12 AM |
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"The 'Linux zealots' would like to keep Linux as far away from the Windows look and feel as possible."
That may be true, RANT, but when I installed RedHat 7.3 a couple weeks ago, I was surprised by how much it directly copied from the Windows interface, even down to the placement of tabs and the options they contained for different configuration dialogs. Considering the amount of complaining as the Linux folks do against the Windows GUI, it's quite comical how much they've obviously deliberately copied it. |
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