Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> It is for many people, it certainly is for me and a growing number of > others. I'm going to Spain for the second time in a couple of months > because they seem to think its good enough for them. It'll never be good > enough for die-hard Windowsphiles. > It's got nothing to do with the operating system. It's simply a question of functionality. I'd use linux if it did anything that I need better than Windows does. But it doesn't. What's on offer is a large collection of "good enough" apps which almost imitate what I can get on Windows. So I woul go through a huge opportunity cost in retraining and futzing around to end up with something neither better nor quicker than what I have now, which is also importantly lacking the software ecology that I presently have. This isn't perversion. It isn't becaseu I'm paid by Bill Gates. It's just a realistic assessment of what an operating system can do for me. It can't change my life, get my girls, make part of a cool new crusade or anything like that. It can get out of my way and let me work, and it can sometimes give me harmless, hobbyist fun, like fly-tying. Since most people have interest in that kind of fun, all they want of an operating system is that it should be invisible. -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work. Contact details and possibly useful macros from http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
