** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:46:41 -0700
> Doug LaRue wrote: > > > with the exception of a consistent packaging system, I would say that Linux > > has been ready for atleast 5 years. Or atleast ready for a large majority > > of the computer illiterate out there(ie email, browser, and some word proc > > ). > > I've had grand mothers and high school kids using Linux for over 5 years > > ago. It's the OEMs who are limiting its growth just as it was the OEMs who > > limited OS/2's growth. ie, pre-installations are the controlling factor > > because > > people take what is handed to them more often than not. > > I don't agree. > > A lot of people will blow a system away and install a pirated version of > Windows rather than use Linux. The pull is that strong. > the earth is round.... what's that got to do with what was stated? And who do you know who is buying a pre-loaded Linux system and installing a pirated copy of Windows? Sorry but THAT does not sound like any of the general public Windows users I've known or ever heard of. I do know of people who have paid $250 multiple times to "fix" a corrupted Windows system and atleast 3 people who just went out and purchased new computers because Windows died or the system "became too slow". These people don't play games except crap like Solitaire and don't do AutoCAD. hell, my bro is spending the day fixing his development desktop because Windows ate its registry for breakfast yesterday. I will agree with anyone who thinks that humans have bazaar sense of comfort feeling pain with others feeling the same pain. And learning new concepts is an imposition on "life". Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
