On Tuesday 07 Feb 2006 3:36 pm, Philip Tellis wrote: > > 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. > > I think it's more like 'I am good enough to set up my own linux > box according to my needs - if you're not, get someone to do it > for you'. That's the same for any operating system. Very few > users actually install their own software, and always at a price.
yep - i think we need to spread more awareness that you *can* pay to get linux setup the way you want and that a hell of a lot of people *do* pay for it. There is a general misconception that its ok to pay/get paid for windoze installation but a no-no for floss setups. Case in point, in tamilnadu a college asked a lug to set up a floss lab. They spent a full day for installation and training. 6 months later a phone call comes 'to satisfy microsoft we had to format all the harddisks and install XP, please come and reinstall floss' -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க! -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
