Re: [Cooker] Auto configure new hard drives?

[Brant Fitzsimmons]

Adam Williamson wrote:

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 03:03, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
 

Adam Williamson wrote:

   

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 00:34, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:

     

Shouldn't an OS claiming "user-friendliness" auto configure new
hard drives installed in the system? Or am I doing something wrong,
perhaps the Control Center can help me out? If this is the case,
please give me a pointer, and I apologize for taking up your time.
    

         

Does Windows *automatically* configure drives added that were previously 
used with other OSs?
  

       

Who gives a toss what Windows does? 

     

Linux users coming from Windows. Windows users considering Linux.

   

I thought we wanted to be BETTER
than Windows? 

     

We do.

   

You can't just say "well, if Windows doesn't do it, we
don't have to"
     

Who said that?
   

I can't read any other implication into "Does Windows *automatically*
configure drives added that were previously used with other OSs?" I
repeat my original question: why should we care whether Windows does or
not?
 

Why do I even have to explain this to a Mandrake contributor?  I 
obviously offended you and I'm sorry.  I repeat my original question: 
Did I do something wrong to be punished for my post? 

You know as well as I do that Linux is in competition with Windows.  
When a Windows user asks the question we should be able to answer it.  
That is unless Mandrake wants to sell Linux only to current Linux 
users.  They don't need to be convinced.  They're on the team.

To answer your question:  Because we are in the software business.  In 
the OS business no less.  We have customers that have Windows servers 
and workstations that must communicate with Linux.  We have Linux users 
that see features in Windows that would be nice to have in Mandrake.  We 
have Windows users that want to use Linux but don't because of features 
or apps that are available on Windows, but not on Linux.    Some apps 
and features have substitutes in Linux, but like it or not, some don't.  
Linux and Mandrake do not live in a vacuum.

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Brant Fitzsimmons
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