You know, I agree with you a 100%. As one who was "the tech guy" that did install windows on new / old computers I can testify that it is the case. Only computer literate people (read: proffesionals) actually do the installation by themselfes, other people go to shops and ask to repair / reinstall windows for them. Of course it costs money, but when you have a computer that you cannot work with you will pay.
I tried to push linux instead of windows, but all I managed to achieve was "hmm, interesting" phrases, but no actuall install was performed besouse people changed their minds after I explained a little bit on Linux. (ie, they scared because it's not like windows) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Veltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jonathan Ben Avraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux Israel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:17 AM Subject: Re: A disturbing article... > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 12 October 2002 21:41, you wrote: > > Hi List, > > I tend to concur with Oded, > > > > The first problem is that Linux advocates usually do not understand just > > how unusable and inappropriate Linux is for the average person, which > > leads to the second problem, that there is no Linux distribution that > > works out-of-the-box like Windows does. This isn't a problem of dumb > > users, it's a design flaw in current Linux distributions. > > I beg to differ. I willing to wager that 90% of windows users NEVER install > their operating systems. Either the sys admin at the company they are at does > it or the guy who sold them their computer (or some support guy once it gets > broken) does it for them. Comparing windows ease of install with Linux is > flawed since only professionals install windows (either sellers of computers > or sys admins at companies) while we expect the average user to install Linux > (since the system came pre installed with windows and there is a very small > number of professionals who will do that work for you for pay and people do > not usually want to pay for "trying the new system out"). > > Actually Linux works much better "out of the box" than windows *** IF *** you > compare two machine which come "scratched" (nothing on the hard drive). But > since machines don't come that way it *** looks *** like windows is easier to > install. It's actually a lot harder to install and a lot messier (it takes at > *** least *** several hours and a lot of know how to put the basic things on > top of windows which comes pretty stipped down while Linux installation is > rarely more than an hour or so and comes fully loaded). > > Please Please do not confuse ease of installation of something which people > rarely install on their own (windows) with something that users are *** > required *** to install if they want to use (Linux).... > > Cheers, > mark. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9qJ+DxlxDIcceXTgRAk4ZAKDPSa4Yr+QsOP9R11tC+D4gbEvO5gCeOWlQ > pVmL9AnbPCHHoO2DkNYqL9A= > =aPvW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ================================================================= > 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] > > ================================================================= 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]
