Originally Posted by
le Pingouin
Anthony, Linux may not be suitable for your desktop but it's been working nicely for me for 12 years. Horses for courses. I'm interested why you think a clueless Ubuntu user is any worse off than a clueless Windows user? It's easy enough for them get in above their head in either case.
That's an easy one to answer.
TCO.
If you have an office, and you want to employ office workers, and part of the requirement is that they're competent on the OS you deploy.....you try finding an office full of workers that have SEEN a Linux desktop, let alone used one.
If you then want to support said office, you need a support weenie. Try finding a range of those that support Linux (and not just one, several so you have a choice of them should you need to let one go).
Obviously there are specific applications for which a Linux desktop is a good idea (code monkeys, designers, etc), but for the majority of mainstream application support, Linux is a poor choice.