On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:02:40 -0800 (PST), "W�rm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Who wants to pay Microsoft a hundred bucks a year >> forever just to >> be able to use the Internet? I think that's just >> wrong and deserves >> spirited resistance. > Did you just come up with this from no where or is > that a reality? MS has really been pushing it and I > think that if they push people to their limits --- > such as if they had implemented that in-browser > advertising that introduces ads to every page they > were talking about --- more and more people will move > to linux. > - W0rm I wouldn't count on that, never underestimate the gullibility of the masses for hype. Cable tv got started by promiseing no commercials, that's why you had to pay for it. People gladly pay for commercials now. Most people I talk to about computers, don't want to learn programming or have to configure anything, or put in this or take out that, they usually tell me, all they want is, is to be able to turn it on and go! It's not a hobby or job to them, it's a way to surf the world via internet, or to get their work done. The reason windows is so popular, besides B.G.'s shrewd %*&^(#$ business acumen, is they can buy a computer with it installed, plug in and go. Or put in a disk answer a few questions and then go. Until, or even if, Linux becomes more user friendly it won't go over with the common everday user, at home or office, it will only be relegated to servers or somebody real into tweaking their computer, most people like cars, but most are'nt mechanics. Rob: > http://auctions.yahoo.com -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
