I meant that installation should be much more user-friendly so that a general user will be able to install it alone.
-- <a href="http://www.rootshell.be/~eg";>Eliran G.</a> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orna Agmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eliran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Tzafrir Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:28 PM Subject: Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Eliran wrote: > > > > The user can be newbie and technophibic, as long as there is a NextDoorKid > > > who can install the system and can drop by and help once in a while (isn't > > > it the same with windows users?). Note that the NextDoorKid can actually > > > connect from a remote host via ssh, which was setup in advance when the > > > system was installed. > > > > So that is why technicians get paid... They are the NextDoorKid... > > > > In the window$ world, people *pay* for a technician to *install* > > that-other-os for them. > > I definitely don't want this will happen in the linux world. > > Why should there not be money made from Linux? > > Passing the software for free is one thing, > but working at instalations and support is another: > It *does* cost time, per each additional user. I don't think that just > because the OS is free, everybody must work for free on everything around > it. > > (Say, if the computer is supposed to run Linux, why not get it for free > from the store?) > > > And sarcasm put aside, if technicians were able to make a living out of > Linux, they would encourage the installation of it. If somebody without a > KidNextDoor would be able to open yellopages , pay 200 shekels and get > support, without being dependant on a specific person, then Linux could be > a good Desktop. > > Bottom line: I would be happy to see people charging for (and making > a living off) Linux related work. > > > -- > Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon > > There are only 10 types of people in the world- > Those who understand binary, and those who do not. > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
