Unfortunately only some bleeding-edge segments of the US government have embraced Linux (I am thinking 3-4 letter agencies). The mainstrea rests on mostly Microsoft products and unfortunately the Windows OS flavours. I am guessing that there is a healthy amount of lobbying to keep things this way. The open-source alternatives should be lobbied for in governments, and the barrier has to be overcome. It is not just that the responsibility rests on the Linux community to make it look and act more like Windows, it is that the investment has to be made by people to get out of their comfort zone and learn new things. So, it is both. Perhaps we can find creative ways to reel them in, educate, and make them preach this gospel. Food for thought. Not sure if there is a class in junior-high that is about computers and includes some aspect of familiarizing kids with non-popular types of computing. Maybe there should be some command-line work, like when I grew up.