On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 14:11:51 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > See, you are the admin, your wife etc. are users. they don't care
> > about the ins and outs of the system, only what they can do with it.
>
> Fine, but going back to the only thing in the thread that got me
> involved (why do I get involved? ) ;-) Walter siad:
>
> "I think lightweight WM's will be important. Linux in general will
> have a great "window of Opportunity" when Vista is released. A lot of
> current machines will not be able to run it well ("crawl" != "run"). If
> people are faced with a choice of throwing out their old W2K, and XP
> machines, and buying new ones, versus keeping their machines and
> switching to linux, I think we could see quite a few converts. "
>
> Now, if by a 'few' we want to assume one or two who learn enough to
> make it work, then I agree with Walter, but that's not very
> interesting. On the other hand, if by a few mean mean thousands (not
> millions, etc.) then I suggest it isn't going to happen because they
> won't be able to administer it themselves and they won't know someone
> who'll do it for them like I do for my family.Fair comment. If you're talking about individual user/admins then the learning curve of installing and administering a different OS (not necessarily more difficult, just different) is a serious obstacle. > > Why would they need to, they have you for that :) > > > 3 people do, but thousands don't. Be thankful for that, I'm sure three is more than enough at times :) -- Neil Bothwick Time for a diet! -- [NO FLABBIER].
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