But does that add or detract to the image of it being a "hippy OS for geeks"? I would wager most people know even less about particle physics and what the average practitioner does than they do about software engineering. It very much preserves the idea of it being an OS for geeks, by geeks.
If what you meant by "[most people do not] understand the reach and dominance that Linux has in a huge number of areas" was more in the sense of "Linux is a viable platform for building our business on" than "It's almost the year of Linux on the Desktop!" I apologise :)
If what you meant by "[most people do not] understand the reach and dominance that Linux has in a huge number of areas" was more in the sense of "Linux is a viable platform for building our business on" than "It's almost the year of Linux on the Desktop!" I apologise :)