On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Eliran wrote: > > > A computer is a complecated system. When something is broken in your house > > you can either fix it yourself (if you know how), ask a friend to fix it > > for you, or call a shiputznik. > > > > Quite the same with computers. > > But installations *should* be a basic and easy to use thing, at least that > what an average user expect.
No. repeat after me: Reinstallation is not the solution What is needed is to convince users that there are more *efficient* troubleshooting measures than reinstallation. A linux system should also be more managable than a windows system, provided that the package management system is used properly. > > > *Excuse Me*? > > > > You say a technitian is needed to install a "user-friendly" windows, but > > you expect linux to be even simpler to install, by everybody. > > Some windows users (that I know) *don't* know how to install the OS. > If we want these kind of users to use linux, we at least should make the > installation > easier. If we care so much for those windows users, we will insall linux for them (or hold their hand when installing) If we care less about them, we will try to convince them to hire us to hold their hand for the purpose of installation. Note: I don't mean to patronize here. I don't consider myself as a member of some elitistic group who will grant knowledge to the rest of the people according to my heart's desires. It is the simple consideration of availability (I have only time for holding the hand of a number of users users) and living (if people are willing to pay or that, and itbenefits both sides, and generally everybody, then why not?) -- Tzafrir Cohen /"\ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Taub 229, 972-4-829-3942, X Against HTML Mail http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir / \ ================================================================= 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]