The world just isn't ready for Linux!

The world just isn't ready for Linux!

发表于ZDNet的文章再次提醒广大Linux的追随者虽然Linux的世界已经比以往任何时候都要好，而且用户也多起来了，但是这个世界还没有真正的为Linux准备足够。对于广大寄希望于Linux来解决Microsoft Vista诸多问题（版权保护和版权协议更加不可接受）的用户，Linux世界没有给全世界寄希望于他的用户们做好充足的准备。
面对这样的质疑，无疑使广大的linux用户沮丧不已，但是很多的事实确实是如文中所称的样子和客观存在，另linux的簇拥们无法回避。可怕的发行版数量令人无所适从，在不同发行版之间选择和切换的痛苦，估计不止折磨过一两个Linux用户，真正的问题还不止于此，简单的解决很多用户关心的问题在Linux上变得比想象当中要困难，我们可以尽力去评估一下桌面用户和家庭用户所需要的简单的计算机使用问题，然后考虑一下linux给出的解决方案，是否够明了和简单呢？假设用户是计算机方面的专家是Linux界普遍存在的一个错误观点，而且很难被察觉到自己犯了这样的错误。

文中例举的一些现实的不足可能是Linux与生俱来的不足，但是过分的强大这些与生俱来的缺陷就像过分强调Linux与生俱来的某些有点一样，有些牵强。例如在游戏方面的欠缺确实需要提高，但是我不觉得这是个问题，在不久之前Windows也很难进入到工业设计等专业领域，那里曾经是Unix工作站的天下，现在不是有所改变么？ 软硬件支持方面是在是与时俱进，可以说很多方面Linux并不比Windows差了，特别是64位桌面等方向上，当各个方向上都取得领先之后，相信拥有更多的软硬件支持也只是时间问题而已，这两条上面不太苟同作者的观点了。

对于Linux桌面和普通用户对象市场方面，我以为放弃一些灵活性和无休止的发行版之争是比较好的方向，至少不会让用户无所适从。Novell和RedHat的竞争真是希望能不要去着眼于桌面，希望RedHat能退出对桌面的竞争，而与Novell在企业级解决方案达成合作，但是这可能只是美好的想法而已。

回过头，Linux在中国的希望又在哪里呢？红旗么？政府？未可知！

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