Mustafa Qasim wrote:
Consumers are not interested in the OS wars. They don't care about
fighting the "Evil empire in Redmond". For most consumers, a
computer
is a tool, a means to an end. They want to turn it on, log into
it, and
use it to do the things they want to do. They expect their computer to
automatically connect to the internet without hours of time spent
trying
to get their wireless to work, and frequently never succeeding. They
expect to hook up their printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc. and
have them immediately work, not spend hours trying to find
drivers, etc.
They expect to view a video sent by a friend by clicking on the
attachment, and have it work, not spend hours trying to get the right
codecs, and frequently never being able to play everything they can
effortlessly play on windows. They expect application programs to
play
music, etc. to be user friendly, not "Wizard" friendly.
So Respected Sir GaryCarr .. acoording to your statements can u
justify Linux? after reading you statements that are of course true
can we suggest Linux instead of Windows?
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Mustafa Qasim
Lahore, Pakistan
Cell: 0321-6614972
URL: http://www.mustu.info
I have many friends and my wife to work with because they all use
Windows or a Mac. They never even thought about Linux. 10 years ago it
was hard to get X Windows to work, much less be better than Windows.
Today with F7, it is much easier to install, and a lot like Windows XP.
But there are a lot of questions asked by the loader that are Greek to
my wife and friends. So loading is a event not enjoyed.
Once loaded and operational there are a lot of things the Windows
user wants to find and many can't because in Linux the name is
different. It goes on and the only one you get using Linux is the person
who likes computers. This is a tiny subset of those that use computers.
Karl