On 21 Dec 1998q, Ted Harding wrote:
>
[snip]
> (I'd like to add that when I first tried Windows I was so revolted by
> the tacky interface and the bland "kiss it better but don't solve the
> problem" MS-Help, that I stuck to DOS as much as possible; even then
> I made up my mind to find something different, without quite knowing what
> I was looking for).
>
[snip]
When I first bought a computer it had Windows 3.0 installed; I too disliked it
and switched to DOS, before moving to Linux a few years ago. When I bought a
laptop recently it had W95 preinstalled and I decided to see what it was like. I
found it actually harder to install things in W95 than in Linux, presumably
because I wasn't used to the W95 approach. I also found it irritating,
patronizing, and afflicted by baby-talk ("My Computer"), and as I hate computer
games anyway apart from chess I've deleted the thing. But it was an interesting
experience to try the alternative.
Anthony
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