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On this topic i agree with both Dan Brown and Aaron deRozario. Aaron has a
point in that Linux is not difficult to learn or has a steep learning curve.
It is just that users find it difficult 'cos they still have the Windows
mindset. Example...I have a friend with a Mac and she needed my help to
install programs ... it took me 20 minutes of hunting for a file manager
equivalent in the MacOS before I realised that all i had to do was to pop the
floppy in and the folder for the floppy would automagically pop out. I
remembered thinking then that this was not intuitive but then after i thought
longer it is becuase i was trying to do things the Windows way that created all
the wasted time. Now that i use Linux all the time I find that I am suddenly
very inefficient in Windows (example open MS-DOS prompt...type
ls..'oops'...should be dir...type grep sometext *...ooops no such feature
...etc.)
But Dan put it well that many ppl will not be interested in getting under the
hood and unless the hardware and software are fixed, configuration for the
average joe might discourage him.
I have this idea that some coy can make and sell a linux box. Put in netscape
and star office and sell it as an office package. Kinda like network computer
... since your employees would not know anything abt linux they are less liable
to install their own games run virus etc!
Just my 2 ecnts....I have had a frustrating day and my mind is jello now .. pls
excuse me if u r offended by my rants.....
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