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Originally Posted by TheJackal
I dont necessarily agree with you 100%, however I believe that Linux will not be accepted in a major way by the end user, until there is a standard for Linux software design. Right now, open source Linux software design, is just a bid free-for-all, with no standards or direction.
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What is Linux Software Design? Are you talking about the Architecture of Linux itself or the programs? If you are talking about the Architecture, then you are wrong. It is tightly controlled with standards and easily reviewable since the source code is available. If you are talking about the programs, you are also wrong since many of them are Open Source and have nothing to do with Linux besides it being Open Source also. Take MySQL, for example, it is Open Source, although not GPL'd, but there are versions for Windows, Linux, Unix, BSD, AIX, OSX, etc. Others like Apache are similar. These programs are not Linux ones and they are well designed with high standards and direction. Some like Apache are used more than Microsoft's IIs web server. Plenty of other examples as well.
I think that a lot of people particularly people who use Linux for casual home use, feel that it leaves a lot to be desired. I personally rarely if ever use a GUI on Linux. Actually it has been a year or two since I have used Linux after porting my servers over to FreeBSD. Many would casually try Linux, see the pretty desktop but then get disappointed that their hardware or their latest game wouldn't work and then complain about how God awful Linux is. Well the Linux desktop isn't really what Linux is all about. There are a lot of people that would like to see it move in that direction. Novell who now owns SUSE should help by throwing some of their weight into it. There are plenty others out there who have no real desire to see 'nix' moving into the desktop direction, myself somewhat included.