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Friedman: Expectations rising over Linux desktop (SearchEnterpriseLinux)

Posted Apr 26, 2004 18:24 UTC (Mon) by nobrowser (guest, #21196)
In reply to: Friedman: Expectations rising over Linux desktop (SearchEnterpriseLinux) by mdekkers
Parent article: Friedman: Expectations rising over Linux desktop (SearchEnterpriseLinux)

which one has the better user experience, especially in the long term? Which one yields higher productivity? Why is the goal to place totally untrained or inexperienced users behind a machine? Why is that thought of as a "target market"?

Because not even productivity, let alone better user experience, really
matters. Only total cost matters, and inexperienced users are cheapest.

We can improve GNU/Linux and other free software to any degree of perfection,
but some social problems will resist solution by our technology.

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