josephkk wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 03:00:45 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

"josephkk" wrote in message
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Linux support does seem to expect some contribution to the
solution from the user, unlike the MS world where they cannot
trust the user to plug in the stuff.

Shouldn't /any/ device simply plug in and work, regardless of the expertise of
the user? The computer industry has a long way to go on this.

Not in the real world (this is _almost_ too harsh). No matter how you
slice it someone has to do the work to make it work, and "seamlessly"
could limit you to one or no provider.


If you plug a USB memory stick into just about any
computer, it'll figure out what to do with it.

So no - this doesn't limit you to just one vendor.



More a different world view than a comparable situation.
Such is FOSS vs M$ viewpoint.

What's wrong with making money? Profit should be a strong spur to producing
the best-possible product. Of course, that assumes you /want/ to produce the
best-possible product.

There is nothing wrong with creating useful products nor profiting from
it. MS, like all large corporations, has no interest in producing "best"
anything, just an acceptable thing.


There are different kinds of companies. Some produce "bests"; some are
aggregators. M$ is an aggregator. Microsoft "impedance matched"
large-box retail better.

Things are also path-dependent. Because Microsoft did things a certain
way, they ended up being an early platform for audio software. So - in
a way - that's a "best".

There is come conceptual "shear" between "best" and "quality". Apple
played the "quality" game and didn't do as well until the iWhatever in
mass consumer space, but won in pro graphics and pro audio ( because
ProTools ).

But of you want diamond-like precision, SFAIK the answer is still RADAR,
and it's anything but mass market.

Mediocraty reigns in the commercial
world more than the FOSS world by a little bit.


FOSS culturally redesigned itself as a heresy against Microsoft.
That was largely a mistake.

--
Les Cargill