Fwd: [Contributors] Microsoft Windows Is Offically Broken

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:57 AM -0600 Guy Fraser 
<guy at incentre.net> wrote:

> Linux distributions need to get back to their roots if they
> want to survive. They will hang on lingering with support
> from only die hard fans, but like me after enough abuse they
> will start loose interest too. It will take innovation and
> listening to what the users expect and want, to re-invigorate
> the user base if Linux distributions are to survive.

You presume that all Linux users are alike, and that all distributions 
cater to all users. While it's nice to sell Linux to the masses to gain 
more hardware support, they've never been the core constituency.