> A fine line indeed. Especially when one is the apparent target of the > pejorative description....
Would it make you feel any better if I called you a virulent fanatic? Then would your outrage be any more justified? > You jumped to a conclusion in response to my post making a fairly large > > logical leap in the process; I suspect you didn't read the URL I was >> > > responding to. Besides, if the above tasks were as easy as you are > > > implying in this statement, then geekly assistance wouldn't be needed.... Fair enough. The tasks are not difficult at all. They require patience and a willingness to spend some time learning, which I know my family members have none of when it comes to computers. >What intrigues me is that you are absolutely convinced that yours is the >only correct point of view here. That anyone else who has a different >point of view and has had a different experience is just wrong. That >anyone who doesn't believe as you do that Linux is "too hard" is apparently >fooling themselves. You are not even remotely open to the concept that non->experienced users are able to comfortably use Linux. You do not believe it >can be done with currently available software so anyone who can provide >empirical evidence demonstrating otherwise cannot be believed, is a >"fanboy", or is engaging in "virulent fanaticism" I am convinced that mine is the only correct point of view, because personal experience with friends and family bear that out. Perhaps it is due to other psychological factors, such as my parents hating computers due to the amount of time I spent on them as a child rather than doing other things they would have rather I done... I don't think it is "too hard" for everyone; once again, I use it as a primary computing platform. When I bring up actual deficiencies with certain of the automated GUI frontends/scripts, I am told to "get coding". Is this a solution for anyone with problems? Are we all expected to submit patches so that we can have a working OS? Again, the "virulent fanaticism" is not the advocacy of Linux, rather it is the refusal to help family members who use Windows. I will stand by that until the day I die. > Pot. Kettle. Black Fine. -- Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
