Define casual user. People who spend 4+ hours/day on the computer, whether it be for business, or for school, or just for fun, are not casual users. I think that a whole lot more of the market fits that criteria than most people realize.
Windows is designed for the causal user. That's great, initially. There is no learning curve, but you are limited in terms of functionality. Get Outlook Express to automatically delete messages two weeks old in three specific folders. Get Windows to automagically backup your database files every day, at exactly 12:00 noon, running the database through a compression program and automagically setting the date. Set it up so you can fix your database if it breaks down when you are halfway across the world. And do it all, day in, day out, without crashing. Instead of complaining about the learning curve, start learning. WOW! Isn't that a scary word? Windows is not Linux. Linux is not Windows. Both have different target audiences, and the Linux audience likes to learn. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
