On Tuesday 07 Feb 2006 12:07 pm, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > > not everyone wants to learn about computers - or needs to learn > > about computers. Most people just want to learn to *use* > > computers, and most people learn that without much effort. An > > elitist attitude towards linux and opensource is what puts off > > a lot of people > > Oh no. Most people know how to use a few applications. Using > computers is very different, and far more complex.
most people only want/need a few applications - and the term 'using computers' implies different things for different people. You would look at it from a developer/sysadmin point of view, i look at it from a programmer's point of view, for my typist it is just a glorified typewriter. The only thing is, the more functionality one needs, the more work one has to do - and the more one values open source over closed source. But this does not justify the attitude that 'i am good enough to use linux - not you'. For those who just need a black box that just 'works' - linux should provide it. -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க! -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
