Am Mi, den 05.11.2003 schrieb Justin L Croonenberghs um 06:05: > Why not? He's being honest. Can you honestly imagine your grandma picking > up a computer and then finding out she needs to edit her /etc/inittab? Despite I even can't imagine her picking up any computer that is a funny image. > :-) > > Linux is still too much of a "geek" operating system. You're not thinking > like a consumer; they want the thing to work, work now, work without their > intervention, and they *simply don't care* how it functions. Much like > cars, really. No, for me linux is in no way more "geeky" than Windows[tm]. I agree, for many users a computer just has to work. but those do not need more than 5 keys or they are confused by possibilities. > And Windows XP really isn't bad; it's a good, modern OS (though > architectually needs work), that's fast and reliable, and compared to the > abomination that was Windows Me, it's a Godsend. Remember, your average > consumer knows absolutely nothing of the computing world; that's how AOL > made all its money. I have enough experience with Windows[tm] to know that the "easy, intuitive, reliable, ... computing with Windows XP[tm] is just marketing schmock. And to what it leads you see with all these worms spreading around and interfering even experienced users who know what they do (my mail account is still flooded by this damn Swen virus coming from these nice Windows[tm] machines). > Cheers! Good morning America :) Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
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