On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Robert Portvliet wrote: > Because that's what they know, $DEITY forbid they have to learn anything > new... > > *sigh* I can't see Linux ever really being big on the desktop, pretty > much just for this reason.
That's the thing. Neither ladysolly, nor Ann, needed to learn anything new when I switched them from Win/Explorer/Word to Linux/Whatever the browser is/OO. I know that, because they'd have asked me. > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Larry Seltzer <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Look, I don't want to fire up the old controversies, but for some > > people > >>> (ladysolly, older daughter, me), it seems to have everything we need, > > > >>> And Microsoft ought to be told this. In case they can make something > >>> competitive. > > > > The recent experience with netbooks shows that your experience is > > atypical. Netbooks were widely available with Linux and users rejected > > them in droves, demanding (!) Windows XP instead. > > > > Larry Seltzer > > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > > [email protected] > > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
