--- On Thu, 11/25/10, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/25/10 7:00 PM, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > --- On Thu, 11/25/10, Bill Davidsen<davidsen@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> [snip] > >>> Another reason, I'm looking for Long Time > Support in > >> my next OS. > >> I stayed on FC4 for similar reasons, until I could > go to > >> better hardware and > >> FC13, and I still run XP in a VM for one > application. I > >> know where you are > >> coming from. > > Sadly, people like us are nearly extinct. Today, > the self-esteem of the majority seems directly proportional > to the newness of want they own. > > > True. Or they are forced to buy new to 'keep up with > the Joneses'. Not Those types have always been around. Although, there's no "forcing" involved. It's a competitive, almost pathological, need, I think. Totally irrational. > a good place to be. I remember 'slow down' programs > when the higher > speed 386s were released so that the program would not run > stupidly fast. > > However, I believe that being a 'sheeple' is not the way to > go. Sure > Windows7 has some whiz-bang stuff in it, but I've been > enjoying the same > things with a Mac for years. I still have been unable to get an rational answer as to why Windows 7 needs 20 GB(!) just to install. Never mind the applications. What miraculous things does W7 do that it requires so much space? No Windows user seems to know. Or care. Well, I don't care either, but I do wonder. ;-) > The only thing that Linux has to overcome is people's fear > that they > will loose essential functionality by switching from > Windows to Linux. > I don't see this unless they are (stupidly) Access addicts > and that is > being addressed as well. I think the primary reason Windows users stay with Windows, even though they constantly complain about its shortcomings, is it's familiar, and they dread learning something different. Fear of the unknown is a pretty big phobia to overcome. The other reason is that few consumers have ever heard of Linux. They're not going to try it if they don't know it exists. It may run on their smartphone or multimedia appliance or the server that they stream the latest tunes or videos from, but they don't know that. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
