> -----Original Message----- > From: Devin Pratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:23 > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] this make me a little sad... > > > > > I'm going to have to disagree with him somewhat also. > > > > I must say that my wife (not a computer person) has very little > > problem using Linux for all her computing needs. The only time > > she does have a problem is when I spent the previous evening > > upgrading or tweaking and some how left evolution or Gaim not > > installed (oops). As for Matthew Szulik's 90 year old father, I > > think he wouldn't have any trouble whatsoever doing the things he > > would want to do with Linux. (Email, web) > > > > There aren't just two distinct groups of users: corporate and > > home. I would dare say there is a large section of home-users > > that would have no problems using a Linux desktop. As for those > > not in that group. . . I, for one, won't suggest what other > > operating system you can use. > > > > Greg > > > The situation with you and your wife is more like the corporate case > than the home user case. In a corporate setting you have a sysadmin > whose job it is to set up the computers and help fix your problems. > That exactly what you do for your wife. My wife could also work > just fine on Linux if I installed it and answered a few simple > questions. But if I handed her a Mandrake CD and wished her luck > she'd be in a bad way. She's a smart lass, too, but she just > doesn't have any experience with that stuff. > > Devin
Most of the people I've encountered who would have problems if you just handed them a Mandrake CD, would have the same problems if you just handed them a Windows CD. If we're being honest about it, anytime you set up a computer for someone -- regardless of the OS -- you're playing sysadmin for that person. Why, then, would you set up Windows, knowing that it's going to require more of your time to support down the road? ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
