Lonnie Olson <li...@kittypee.com> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Charles Curley
> <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
>> http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/035550.html
>>
>> The lady makes some very good points.
>
> Yes they are very good points, however her points are based on false
> assumptions. She assumes that in order to use Linux she needs to
> become an "expert", that it must become her new hobby. It doesn't.
>
> There is an initial investment in learning to get to the point she is
> at now with Windows, but it is not excessively time consuming, or
> hobby like.
>
> And as far as hiring a Linux butler, she can just fire her Windows
> butler for the money. If she is the Windows butler, she just needs to
> make that initial small investment in learning. Large profits will
> come from this small investment.
>
> I don't mind if people choose not to make that investment. Investing
> in anything can be scary and takes initiative. Many people are lazy.
> I take issue with her false assumptions. Her defense is either
> dishonest or ignorant. Either way it becomes invalid.
I take it you didn't follow the link to the article she originally
wrote, to which the Linux zealots were responding. In it, she explains
how she ditched her Windows machines when the extended warranties she
bought for them became worthless due to companies going out of
business. She talks about how she bought a Mac and pays $99/yr for a
one-on-one service she can use to get training on how to use her Mac
apps, and how the thing she cares about most is the service she gets
along with the computer.
Now, tell me again how Linux would work better for her? She's clearly
not worried about saving trivial amounts of money, she's worried about
getting what she wants to do done with the least amount of time
invested. Why is it 'lazy' that she chooses to invest her time into
bicycling instead of learning Linux? How does Linux enable one to write
better libertarian rants than a Mac does? Where will the 'large
profits' for investing time into Linux show up when she clearly doesn't
value time spent tinkering with her computer?
Someone is making false assumptions and dishonest or ignorant defenses
here, and it's not the author of the article.
--Levi
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