On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:25:34 +0200, lee wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Now seriously, I already mentioned that the OS installation process is >> not the problem for users to keep linux but the "afterwards", the >> day-to- day issues. And here is where the user's attitude becomes so >> important and vital for the matter: well informed users (and users who >> are interested in learning how their systems work) will look into the >> proper places to solve their problems while careless users will just >> say blow it away (i.e., uninstall) when they suffer from any problem. >> >> And while this is true for both windows and linux users, the formers >> still have the advantadge of being around another windows users that >> solve their problems. > > Following your argumentation, which OS someone uses is only a matter of > which OS other people someone chooses to surround themselves with are > using when they do not want to learn or to solve problems.
(...) For the lazy users who are not interested in what their systems are or run, a big _sure_. If there were nobody solving their issues (and I'm quite confident that Windows users have *a lot of* problems) they will look for another solution that "breaks" less... it can be Apple (but their products are not affordable) or it can be -oh, what was the name...-, ah, yes, Linux. > (Is it really $250 for a windoze license? I have one I couldn't avoid > getting; maybe I should sell it. If you want to make an offer, please > send it directly to me and not to the list.) Last time I checked (at the time Windows 7 was out) that was the price for the stand-alone (non-upgrade) retailer box you can find at any shop but now, with the new upcoming "product" (Windows 8) this could have changed, of course. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k3f9c3$ocp$5...@ger.gmane.org
