Linux on the desktop

Why is Linux so slow to conquer the desktop?

The major obstacle seems to be the lack of applications.

Why are there so few applications for Linux? 

Well, that's no true. If you search freshmeat and sourceforge you will
find an ever growing number of software projects. The question should
read "why are there so few commercial applications?".

The size of the market is smaller than for the Competition, but this is
not the whole answer.

When you consider the failure of Linux desktop software like WordPerfect,
ApplixWare and Kylix, an important reason would be the Gift Culture of the
Linux crowd. They will go for anything that comes free of charge if they
can. There is no Photoshop for Linux, because Gimp is good enough. There
is an Oracle, but MySql is good enough for most users. TextMaker is a nice
word processor, but the majority favours OpenOffice. (giving Sun a hard
time to sell StarOffice). 

A viable commercial Linux application will need some unique feature. There
are examples, like Mathematica, SPSS, and BitKeeper, but these are outside
Joe Sixpack's budget.


Happy Holidays,



Daniel



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