On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 12:17, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:03:01PM -0700, Daniel Crookston wrote: > > Why? They're 100% correct. The average consumer doesn't want to have to > > deal with all of the stuff that Linux makes you deal with. The average > > consumer shouldn't *have* to deal with everything Linux makes you deal with. > > They want something that's easy and quick and will have all the bells and > > whistles that Windows has. Installing Linux on a computer that you use to > > surf and chat and email is like buying an SUV to go to the grocery store and > > drive the kids to soccer. > > Why? They're 100% correct. The average consumer doesn't want to have to > deal with all of the stuff that Windows makes you deal with. The average > consumer shouldn't *have* to deal with everything Windows makes you deal with. > They want something that's easy and quick and will have all the bells and > whistles that Linux has. Installing Windows on a computer that you use to > surf and chat and email is like buying an SUV to go to the grocery store and > drive the kids to soccer. >
Tricky, I didn't notice the word-swapping at first. Thought you were just repeating what he said. Glad I read it a third time. Greg ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
