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>On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 06:18, D. Olson wrote:
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>>That has some interesting points of view, however, this most likely will 
>>happen.
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>>Why?
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>>Because people are stupid. I signed the petition stating so too.
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>>People were warned about XP, what do they do? They buy it anyhow.
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I wonder what the sales figures are really like.  As I said before, I 
only know one person who uses XP, and that was only because he bought a 
new computer.  He's persevering with it, but is still considering going 
back to Win98.  More stable it may be, but my brief experience of trying 
to get it connected to the Internet so it wouldn't self-destruct in five 
days made me really appreciate how easy Mandrake is to configure.

In contrast, although I sometimes see posts from people using Mandrake 
7.2 or 8.0, most of us upgrade whenever a new distro comes out; it's 
partly curiosity, and partly a feeling of confidence that even if 
upgrades are someimtes disappointing, they're not likely to screw us 
completely.  I still find it amzing that people are still writing 
articles with titles like "Is Linux ready for the desktop?"  Linux has 
been ready for some time now; the question is how far ahead will it get, 
how fast?

Sir Robin

-- 
"It suits the poet himself to be dutifully chaste,
his verses not necessarily so at all" - Catullus

Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent �niversitesi
Ankara 06533

http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin




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