I want to insert my 5 agorot :)
In 96-97 i was computer technician and I remember first Windows 95 users. Firstly, nobody was able to install it completely(with all drivers) without help from experienced people, secondly, for the first users UI and configuration was ununderstood. After 8 years of expirience and studying it in the school Windows user feel comfortable only with UI and Installing new application. What kind of problem in Linux can be unresolved after 8 years expirience with it?
By the way, my 5 years old doughter uses Linux with her own account to play Windows games (with wine), to view cartoons with xine, to hear music with xmms WITH one problem: she can't login to my account :)
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From: Oded Arbel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 2:37 AM
To: Oron Peled
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A disturbing article...
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ביום ראשון, 13 באוקטובר 2002, 00:33, Oron Peled כתב על 'Re: A disturbing
article...':
> > A system that works 100% after you read the
> > total of two large instruction books and spend several days writing
> > configuration files still sucks.
>
> Many people wrongly believe that the most effective tool is the one that is
> easiest to learn. This is a "local" optimization. A lot of times you have
> to invest some effort in order to reap the benefits later.
I don't want to fscking learn how to read my fscking mail ! I expect it to be
'next', 'next', 'finish' , 'read mail'. I'm willing to put the extra effort
and type in my user name, password, e-mail address and mail server - that's
it . no reading textual manual pages, no tinkering around inside confusing
configuration files. granted - you can do more with mutt then with outlook
express, but while the mutt user figures out how to operate his 1337
software, the outlook express user gets more work done. while there are cases
where your observation is correct, specificly highly specific professional
programs such as development tools, most users don't want to operate their
everyday software and they certainly don't want to learn it. and you know
what - they are right.
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Oded
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