> "Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> Yay, troll!
>
> > See, the problem is that Joe Average User is what is going to
> > keep those companies in business. Without Joe Average User none of
> > those companies will be able to sustain their expenses.
> >
>
> Yeah, but the Joe Average User will have to learn, anyway. Lets not do
> the error of thinking that Joe is stupid, please, he can learn like
> everybody. I've written the manual in that respect.
>
> >
> > > Yeah, the additional effort put into the mandrake desktop is quite
> > > nice, too,
> > > but I for one hope Mandrake is not heading toward being the idiot's
> > > linux.
> >
> > Why not?
>
> BECAUSE USERS ARE NOT IDIOTS! They are idiot if you keep them that
> way. Up to us to "educate" them. And Joe is like everybody, he doesn't
> want to lose time, he wants to do things the fastest possible. Without
> the command line, how do you say to your machine to convert 150 images
> from GIF to JPEG in less than one minute?
Users are not idiots, this is a fact. Many are just new to the OS (I
consider myself new, even after running
Linux off/on for over a year) and just want the operability of a simple
interface, easy install procedures,
and programs that work when you install them. Some will learn, and become
experts, others will not,
being content to run WP or Star Office or netscape or (gasp!) GAMES.....
Basically, Linux is like a DOS with a GUI. Tons more commands, and people
HATED DOS. hehehe
Look at the marketing hype on mandrake.... "Linux for the desktop" This is
where eveyrone wants to be.
hey, it's not like they are ever going to take away your terminal
screen...... are they?
Lou Guerriero
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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> fg
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> # rm *;o
> o: command not found
