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Linus Torvalds on Why Users Aren't Flocking to Linux - TechAmok
Linus Torvalds on Why Users Aren't Flocking to Linux - [briefly] 04:25 PM EST - Feb,07 2008 - post a comment The Linux Foundation has posted
the second half of its long and thorough interview with Linux founder Linus
Torvalds, part of the
Foundation's "open voices" podcast. While the first part of the interview
focused on the Linux development community, this time Torvalds sounds off on
everything from patents and innovation to the future of Linux. The folks at
Wired have written up a summary of what goes on in the podcast and Linus' main
arguments. In short, Torvalds believes Linux has failed to take off to a
significant extent on the desktop so far because it's too different from
Windows. Torvalds sums up the problem in one short sentence: "If you act
differently from Windows, even if you act in some ways better, it doesn't
matter; better is worse if it's different." Interestingly, Torvalds also
believes Microsoft is running into this very problem with Windows Vista. "I
think one the reasons people are having issues with Vista now, is that it's much
harder to-for one company-to kind of change the market and when the market has
matured," Torvalds explains. Users' reluctance to change may nonetheless turn
out to be an advantage for the open-source community. "Now you can't have one
company that kind of tries to move the goal post," he says. "Because if it keeps
trying to move the goal post, that's just going to irritate that company's own
constituents." In other words, desktop Linux isn't in any great danger of being
outpaced on the functionality front, because developers of major desktop
operating systems like Microsoft and Apple must avoid trying to reinvent the
wheel if they want their products to sell.
Whether you agree or disagree the interview makes a compelling read. There
are audio clips available through the Linux Foundation as well as transcripts of
part one and
part two. |
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