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Re:The Ethos Operating System by valarauca1 on Sunday April 13, 2014 @09:52PM (#7584089)
>The need which will drive new OS adoption is security.

Yet Microsoft XP/7/8 are arguably the most insecure operation systems, and the BSD flavors are arguably the most secure, yet have the lowest adoption rate.

People don't care about security they care about usability and simplicity.

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Re:The Ethos Operating System by JonSolworth on Monday April 14, 2014 @03:04PM (#7588108)
Usability and simplicity are not separate concerns from security, they are requirements for a secure system.
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Re:The Ethos Operating System by userbinator on Sunday April 13, 2014 @10:25PM (#7584204)
And hopefully freedom.
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Re:The Ethos Operating System by copergi on Sunday April 13, 2014 @10:39PM (#7584245)
>they care about usability and simplicity.

But this is at odds with your previous observation, that BSDs have low adoption. They are vastly more simple than typical linux distros, a fact that linux users complain about when trying out a BSD system.

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Re:The Ethos Operating System by valarauca1 on Sunday April 13, 2014 @10:45PM (#7584258)
Usability and simplicity are often buzz words to describe familiar.
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