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Because money = influence. Linux has none and Microsoft has lots. It's really that simple.

salvar 8y ago
I'll have to disagree with that. Linux has significant usability problems, and pretending that it has none is not going to help anyone.
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  Enumerate some of them?
  - salvar 8y ago
    Is there any point? It seems like you're convinced enough that nothing can ever change your mind. So I'm fine with just disagreeing and leaving it at that.
  - RaleyField 8y ago
    How about unstable apis to anything outside the kernel[1]. Or, more personal, on this laptop I get shorter battery life (I have it plugged in most of the time so it's tolerable), sometimes it doesn't wake up so I have to always shut it down (tolerable) and bluetooth headset doesn't work (I use wired ones, so tolerable again). [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmHRSeA2c8&t=5m40s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmHRSeA2c8&t=5m40s
    - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
      >How about unstable apis to anything outside the kernel Oh yes, the classic usability problem for the Average User, how could I forget /s >on this laptop I get shorter battery life >bluetooth headset doesn't work Better points. I also have had issues with bluetooth audio on Linux. Battery life less so.
      - RaleyField 8y ago
        > Oh yes, the classic usability problem for the Average User, how could I forget It becomes usability problem for your users when it becomes too burdensome for ISVs to port their software on your fractured platform. It the whole raison d'etre of technologies like snappy, flatpak or docker that now try to patch this problem.
    - explainplease 8y ago
      > Or, more personal, on this laptop I get shorter battery life (I have it plugged in most of the time so it's tolerable), sometimes it doesn't wake up so I have to always shut it down (tolerable) and bluetooth headset doesn't work (I use wired ones, so tolerable again). I hear the same problems about MacOS on brand new Macbooks.
fokov 8y ago
There has got to be more money in Linux than Windows since the majority of servers are running it. The problem is Linux doesn't see user experience as anything that is necessary. When it does (ubuntu, et al) it thrives....but many of us have been waiting since the 90s for everything to "work" on Linux without having to screw around. People love it when things just work and for many of them Apple and Windows do just that.

I'll have to disagree with that. Linux has significant usability problems, and pretending that it has none is not going to help anyone.

Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
Enumerate some of them?
- salvar 8y ago
  Is there any point? It seems like you're convinced enough that nothing can ever change your mind. So I'm fine with just disagreeing and leaving it at that.
- RaleyField 8y ago
  How about unstable apis to anything outside the kernel[1]. Or, more personal, on this laptop I get shorter battery life (I have it plugged in most of the time so it's tolerable), sometimes it doesn't wake up so I have to always shut it down (tolerable) and bluetooth headset doesn't work (I use wired ones, so tolerable again). [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmHRSeA2c8&t=5m40s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmHRSeA2c8&t=5m40s
  - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    >How about unstable apis to anything outside the kernel Oh yes, the classic usability problem for the Average User, how could I forget /s >on this laptop I get shorter battery life >bluetooth headset doesn't work Better points. I also have had issues with bluetooth audio on Linux. Battery life less so.
    - RaleyField 8y ago
      > Oh yes, the classic usability problem for the Average User, how could I forget It becomes usability problem for your users when it becomes too burdensome for ISVs to port their software on your fractured platform. It the whole raison d'etre of technologies like snappy, flatpak or docker that now try to patch this problem.
  - explainplease 8y ago
    > Or, more personal, on this laptop I get shorter battery life (I have it plugged in most of the time so it's tolerable), sometimes it doesn't wake up so I have to always shut it down (tolerable) and bluetooth headset doesn't work (I use wired ones, so tolerable again). I hear the same problems about MacOS on brand new Macbooks.

fokov 8y ago

There has got to be more money in Linux than Windows since the majority of servers are running it. The problem is Linux doesn't see user experience as anything that is necessary. When it does (ubuntu, et al) it thrives....but many of us have been waiting since the 90s for everything to "work" on Linux without having to screw around. People love it when things just work and for many of them Apple and Windows do just that.