Interview with Con Kolivas (APC)

Posted Jul 26, 2007 2:45 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: Interview with Con Kolivas (APC) by ms
Parent article: Interview with Con Kolivas (APC)

> Until there's a compelling case that The Desktop is obviously better under Linux than Windows, there won't be the numbers, and until there are the numbers, the kernel devs won't be inclined to do the work to make it better.

People don't always select products based on "better" - sometimes cheaper is more important, other times more flexible and so on. So, hopefully, the acceptance will eventually rise to the point where companies will have people working full time on Linux features that are desktop related, just like they have now for the server stuff.

But, yeah, it is a chicken and egg to some extent, unfortunately. But I don't think it's because of "goodness". It probably has more to do with the fact that the vast majority of businesses have one or more Windows apps they absolutely cannot do without, so it keeps them tied to that platform.