Joel Hammer wrote: > If Walmart can get people to use linux on the desktop, we should all be > grateful. This "superior" attitude of some linux users vis a vis the ordinary > user is simply inappropriate.
Its not a superior attitude, its a realization of the facts. > I haven't tried lindows although I might. If the program warehouse > really works (Imagine, certified software that works. Is this really true?) > I'll be interested in it for a desktop machine, not a server. What many fail to note, or realize is that Lindows is still beta software, and this so-called warehouse remains vaporware. > > The "Walmart crowd" is a very large segment of the buying public. I say > welcome to them! Its easy to say welcome. Its quite a different story to actually make them feel welcome. However, more realistically, Lindows is neither Linux nor windows. Its a hyrbid, and if anything, will end up marginalized but both communities as the freak. > > Joel > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:16:03PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > >>Leon A. Goldstein wrote: >> >>>Ken Moffat wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Morning Edition on NPR this morning they had a special on Walmart >>>>selling lindows computers. Not a bad audio clip. If you'd like to hear >>>>it check www.npr.org, then under programs choose Morning Edition, Latest >>>>program, and scroll down to the Lindows link. (You Need realplay8.) >>> >>> >>>Did the NPR report mention that Lindows is a rather light installation, >>>and that you have to subscribe (to the tune of $100 or so) to download >>>productivity apps? >> >>yes, it did. >> >> >>>I don't think Lindows will make friends for Linux with its current >>>marketing model. >> >>its marketing model isn't intended to make friends with linux. its >>meant for the walmart crowd, who in most cases struggle to find the >>POWER button. >> >> >> >>-- >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com >> >> 8:15pm up 84 days, 3:01, 2 users, load average: 0.23, 0.14, 0.21 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 9:10pm up 84 days, 3:56, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.19, 0.26 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
