If Linux is to be anything more than a system for hobbyists
or mechanics, it will have to install with less effort, and it
will need standard applications sitting on top of it.

This is important.  I first became interested in Linux as a
replacement for Windows, but have been disappointed by
the difficulty of installation and the lack of widely used
applications.

I'm not about to abandon Linux.  I like it.  It's just that I'd
like be able to use it for everything I do.

--
Phil Helms
Community College Computer Services
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 3:19 AM
> To:   Jerome Tan
> Cc:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      RE: strategy for Linux
> 
> I'm sorry, but I don't think the majority of Linux users agree with you.
> We want an open source operating system that can run on a range of
> hardware.
> Windows users want one button installs, plug and play and something to run
> 
> AOL. Linux will do just fine without embracing everyone, I like Linux the
> way
> it is now, I don't need it to be as popular as windows to love and use it.
> 
> On 25-Aug-98 Jerome Tan wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > Like everyone else, I can see Microsoft's power extending over the
> ocean,
> > and many people thinks that Linux is the only contender of Microsoft,
> but so
> > far... it's no much yet. It was known that Linux OS was proud of itself
> > because was better in terms of everything compare to Windows, I think
> Linux
> > developers should think about "embrace and extend" strategy, that is, to
> > adapt everything or user interface of Windows so that it would be easy
> for
> > everyone to move to Linux.

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