Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 14:38:31 08/10/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 16:39:29, Peter Berger wrote: >On August 10, 2004 at 01:17:55, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On August 09, 2004 at 23:45:28, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >> >>>Is it really necessary to insult people who have opinion different from yours? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Eugene >> >> >> >>Where is your sense of humour, Eugene? >> >>From time to time the 1% of Linux users I represent have a good laugh at the 95% >>Windows users you represent. >> >>Is this 1% hurting you as much as it hurts Gates and Ballmer? ;-) >> >>I understand why THEY are worried. But you? >> >> >> >> Christophe > >I guess if we really knew what was going on in the basements of most Linux >users, it would be the Windows users who would have the final laugh. > >It is not the windows-bashing that can become annoying, it is the propaganda and >the misleading information. > >My Windows PCs don't crash - never, and I have lots of them (only Fritz will at >times). They were also pretty easy to install and setup. I admit that I am >probably more knowledgeable than average PC users when it is about security and >the like, but where is the fair comparison to the average Joe Linux user who >somehow managed to install he OS, will of course be logged on as root, with no >password, all network services running unpatched? Maybe he doesn't exist - OK, >but then this only means that there just *is* no average Joe linux user. > >Whenever I talk with a happy Linux user with a mission I ask him a few basic >questions on how he does this and that with his PC (concentrating on a few >issues I had to face when I tried it myself). Once you show that you are not a >complete ignoramus you will hear different stories - about the two weeks spent >to get the video card running - the great features of the word processor ( once >you studied the whole manual for a few weeks) etc. > >My favourite still is the one user who wanted to convince me that setting up >Linux was way easier than Windows, though he unfortunately never got the sound >to work ( mentioned much later in discussion ;) ) . > >While I used to do most of my work on Unix machines including years of system >administration, and could probably go on for some time on things that are >superior about it, I never felt fully prepared to deal with all this hazzle at >home in my spare time, other than for the occasional experiment. > >Linux has obviously improved in recent years when it is about setup, and I toy >with the idea to give it another try, but as long as the Linux users sound like >missionaries, it is tough to trust them too much when it is about improvements >made. I am still under the impression that everyone who really managed to reach >a really workable system with Linux, is soo proud of himself and his >intelligence, that he has to tell and pray to all the world :) I think the best thing about Linux is that you have tools aplenty, GRATIS, in addition to a good office suite (Openoffice), web browser, mail clients, IM clients, all GRATIS. How much does a C compiler cost for Windows? Ouch! How much for Office? Ouch squared! Oh, and now there is a new version... Oh, now all that old QB code you wrote doesn't work with the new ... Time to open up your wallet, again. Ouch! > >Sorry for the OT, could't resist for unknown reasons. >Peter
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