On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:34:55 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All the complaints I hear about "unfriendly" Linux relate to > installation and configuration. These are side issues, unrelated > to the everyday user who buys a new computer with pre-configured > GUI operating system and pre-installed software. In this context > Linux can be just as user-friendly as Windows. Well, it * could* be, but it isn't. The everyday user cannot go into their local computer store and buy a new computer with Linux pre-configured and installed. It can't be done. Maybe you could get it done if you knew what to ask for and really insisted. But it would be difficult to find someone to setup a Linux system for you unless you knew at least *something* about it already. But corporations who look to the bottom line are not happy with Microsoft these days. Yeah, they use Microsoft--but they are not happy and they get less happy with every upgrade that costs them thousands and accomplishes little. So there is a window of opportunity there for Linux in the long run. Twenty-five years ago did IBM have a rival in the business market? Things can change quickly. Microsoft could easily fumble away its posistion. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
