I didn't mean to imply any disagreement with what Randall said. I was off on my own thoughts. Evidently not worded very well.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Mark Traceur <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, I think the point presented was that the average user would not > be able to change from the Windows way of thinking about files, Thats sad. Adaption to change big in my book. > executables, and drives to the Linux way of doing the same thing. C:\ > drive means nothing to Linux users, just like /dev/sda1 means nothing > to Windows users. "run the .exe file" means nothing to Linux users, > just like "run sudo make install" means nothing to Windows users. We > have some differences to make up for before we can switch anyone over > in substantial numbers. This is my big complaint about MS. The interface. From the GUI to CLI. CLI is for power-users in general. We all know MAC/OSX users... how many ever launch terminal? > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Randall Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> The average user doesn't understand linux on the desktop and probably >>>>> never >>>>> will. >>>> Does the average user understand "NT kernel" on the desktop? >>> >>> Never mind the NT kernel, the average user doesnt understand much of >>> MS-Windows overall. >> >> The average user doesn't, but do they need too? How many of us >> understand car engines, refrigerators, etc. In some aspect of our >> lives there are things we use and the only requirement for us is that >> they work. Business is the same way... It just needs to work. Granted >> I believe it would work better without MS business does work with it. >> Until the companies that make apps for Windows move away from it or at >> least to a web/cloud based were stuck with MS. >> >> >>> Linkname: Malware worldwide grows 15 percent in September | Security - >>> CNET >>> URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10363373-83.html >>> Note: 59% >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
