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Q. The responses to you so far have hardly been encouraging. Why do we have to have YET ANOTHER operating system to cope with? I would think that you should think about bring MS Windows up to Linux standards. Of course, the MS Windows people think the opposite. Linux didn't become popular simply because MS Windows was inadequate.

A. I have been following this somewhat amusing thread and as far as I can see it is progressing from the ridiculous to the absurd. I don't think any of the thread contributors have any idea of how to start designing an OS let alone then making it user friendly. You DO have to start with a working system and then refine the user interface to make it "User Friendly". I really don't think you can start with User Friendly then make it an Operating system. Of course we all know that nobody can do this except for Gates and Ballmer, and their present development model doesn't seem to suggest that they will be changing their practices anytime soon. Agian, I have been misrepresented somewhat. I have not nessessarily suggested that a new operating system must be created (although I havn't ruled that out either). I have merely stated that a new approach to user friendiness must be acheived and Linux doesn't really support that now. Our organizations focus is on solving the "user friendliness" problem. How we end up solving this problem is up to those who have the same vision as we do. The part that I don't understand on this whole issue is why numourus people have felt the need to attack me as a person rather the issue that I raised. The issue at hand is "User Friendliness". One poster commented that Linux is addressing this issue. However much KDE and GNOME abstract some rather difficult tasks in Linux, they do not address the fundimental failings of a complex operating system. To illustrate my point I'll use an analogy. The perfect example of simplifying design is the cellular phone. Even the dumbest people can figure out how to use a cell phone is approx. 3 seconds (hyperbole..excuse me). However, there is a very complex system of operations that take place continusly which the user is in the process of a call. The user is protected from the complexity of the phone by a simple, intuitive interface which is self-explanitory. However, if the user is more advanced he'll search and internet and find out how to unlock the "Field Test" mode which allows access to all kinds of internal information about the phone, including which tower it is connected to, the battery temp. and number assignment of the phone. This is our vision. An operating system which can be as simple as a cell phone to use, but allows a user to utilize the features of the operating system with a level of abstraction and simplicity suited to their needs. My dad could probably install RedHat 7.0 without a hitch if all he wanted to do was surf the net (assuming I configured the network information for him). The little netscape icon sits conveniently on the desktop. But what if he wanted to setup a webserver. What if he wanted to share files with my moms mac? I know that Linux can do a lot of the stuff I mentioned, but can it be done as easily as it could be done on a Mac? Windows? My personal belief is that no operating system will usurp the Windows market share strangle-hold until it can prove to be intuitive to all and useful for all.

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