-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > Robert, > You are right of course; but my argument is that Windows have found a > way to address the average user "whining and lazyness"; to the point > that a blind monkey can be productive on a windows machine. > Can anyone argue that pitting two "average" users, side by side; one of > a Windows Machine and the other running a GNU/Linux distro, that the > later will achieve basic proficiency sooner than the former. Please if I > am wrong, let me know. > > Under the hood, Windows is CRAP (I am the first to admit that); but they > have created nothing less than a master piece in presenting this crap to > the user. They have managed to create and interface (along with the > hardware support) that allows the most senile of us to be productive and > interface with a computer system. The proof is in the pudding, so to > speak: Windows has dominated the desktop market for decades. The reason > is simple: It is easy to use. the average user does not care how an OS > works; he/she only cares that it does (preferably without their > intervention). > No you are very wrong. The reason MS is dominant is due to marketing and business practices. I has nothing to do with "ease of use". What you are seeing is a reflection of momentum, there is currently a large number of Windows systems, and a large number of people using them. There is this sense that it is easier, but it really is familiarity, and the difference is important. 30 years ago Windows may have been the best game in town for home users, but this has not been true for some time (my napkin estimate is about a decade).
In my experience, Windows is *hard* to keep running well. I recently hit a personal record of 1.25 years between XP formats. The amount of crapware, adware, spyware, virii, and badly written software that is out there is mind boggling. You may as well walk into a bar with a "beat me senseless" sign on your back. I am still waiting for Microsoft to come up with a useful uninstall feature, something that is at least equal to the DOS days or my modern Debian/Ubuntu systems. I like being able to actually completely uninstall software. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpWZNMACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMw0QCgpjGEbec0ieE6P6bz9qQw7BXv ZXgAn0ynLt9ndyfocVHrvfx0W8QhdF8S =p5XE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
