No6,
> OK Jim, most of us here don't have a clue about what you mean by that
> last post, sorry mate
Too bad, since I don't remember what I said.
> What we do know is that Rick likes Linux and
> you like M$,
If you mean that I amd an MS booster, it's not so. Windows is my reluctant
choice because Linux is just too difficult to figure out for most people. I
think they either haven't a clue that Windows is a bad OS or don't have
enough problems to make a change OR don't want to have to learn a new OS.
That doesn't make them lovers of Windows only smart enough not to burn down
the house until they have a new one built.
> cold steel to the badger in which case neither of you are going to win
> the argument.
Depends on how you interpret the argument. If you are a proponent of the
Churchill type philosophy, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' then any OS
that is not Windows is wonderful. OR if you just believe in the 'MS is Evil'
religion, I guess putting up with the difficulties of Linux is worth it if
you no longer have to use an MS product.
> The way I see it is that Linux is virtually free ...
That is meaningless, or it was when I first tried Linux. I had no idea how
to get a free version of Linux and even less idea how to install it and use
it. And in those early years Linux had no drivers for much of my hardware.
The problems were less with the commercial versions.
> with lots of free software and no constant critical updates, patches,
I never managed to install any of that free software, early on and later.
Part of the problem was not knowing where to find it, how to download it and
how to install it.
> If we started to teach the use of Linux in our schools instead of M$ or in
> addition to M$, maybe both OS would compete on a level playing field.
So now the government should become Linux boosters? I see no reason whey
they should teach a little used OS.
> The other point worth considering is that people in third world
> countries can not afford to get on the M$ ladder (OS and other
> software), and if they do uncle Bill dumps the OS and introduces a new
> one for more mega bucks.
I suppose that if that happened those people might avoid the problem that we
long time MS users had, having learned the MS way of doing things and early
on not having a real alternative [see my comments about early Linux].
> It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except
> all the others that have been tried.
> Personally, I prefer this Churchill quotation:
I see that you are of the 'strain at a gnat' school. If that is obscure see
the Bible. :-)
> IMHO give Linux a go folks ... enjoy the climb.
If Linux had been more user friendly early on it might have had a chance to
compete with Windows, especially given how fragile the early Windows
versions were. And I suppose that the real fault in Linux is more the
interfaces and the documentation. The majority of computer users do NOT want
to strive to lean how to use a new OS in order to no longer have to deal
with the Blue Screen of Death. They believed in, I think, 'better the devil
you know than the devil you don't'.
Jim
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