Meanwhile, I just show the simple side of Ubuntu to people, because that’s all they need. And they get about just fine actually.

I can for sure tell you my circle of Windows using friends laugh at me and Ubuntu. They find it impossible to understand, have no interest in fixing what in their opinion ain’t broke, and think I’ve simply got too much time on my hands. I’m retired now and my circle spans personal friends and the IT department of one of the largest US utilities.

It’s refreshing to see at least an attempt to explain to the Linux world how they must be effective marketers. Linux will never be sold to the vast unwashed by saying it’s technically superior, safer, and etc. Validation? Check the latest data on which OS dominates in the PC desktop world.

Those [of us] pushing Linux must learn to deal with their potential users on those user’s level. Unfamiliar jargon, might I say even threatening jargon, simply turns them off. This will be a hard lesson to learn and frankly it’s one I think will never be learned. Resistance within the Linux community is obviously too high or it would have already happened. If desktop Linux were a worthy product being sold by a major corporate player, it’s dismal sales performance would have long ago resulted in either the product line being canceled for lack of demand or all the VPs and board members fired….or both.

Think I’m wrong? Well, time will tell and I’m willing to be wrong. Me being wrong means I get a wonderful desktop OS. Me being right means Linux goes into a hole and stays.

Make me wrong guys…..make me wrong.

I believe they got it