"Erik P. Olsen" <erik@epo.dk> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> David Fletcher wrote: > At 10:15 17/07/2007, you wrote: > >> People tend to find things when they are ready for them, or when they >> become interested in them. Either way, they are either prepared to put >> >> The "plain people" you refer to, Karl, have had access to Linux since >> it's birth; that has pretty much been the soul of the system since it >> evolved past the stage of being graded by a crusty old professor. >> >> When people want it, it will be there for them. >> >> Just my opinion, though, apologies if it ruffles any feathers. >> >> Andy > > Andy, > > No, it wouldn't ruffle my feathers even if I had any. > > As I see it, there are two problems with Linux adoption:- > > 1) The "plain people" don't know it's there > > 2) Even when they are told that it's there, they still don't use it > > The first is because of the relative sizes of the publicity machines. > Flashy prime time TV advertising wins out over word of mouth every time. > > The second, I'm not sure exactly why it is, but I can think of several > possibilities:- > They're incompetent > They don't want to toss out products they've paid good money for > They're scared of trying out something completely different > They think something that's free can't work properly > They're just plain stupid And their friends got it. -- </blockquote> You left out a third possiblity... lack of drivers, espically for laptops....