this will be a shock to you all, but i have an opinon here. =)
i agree with Tom -- although i fully confess Tom is much better at saying than I am.
probably because i am an obnoxious and arrogant and Tom isn't.
but i can't figure this one out ether, why do you guys care so much about converting
windoze users? should we make 18 wheelers with automatic stick shifts so that
everyone who drives a car can drive a semi-truck?
a honda accord has a purpose. a freightliner tractor/trailer rig has a purpose.
they are not the same purpose.
a hunting rifle has a purpose. a 50mm vulcan cannon has a purpose.
they are not the same purpose.
windows has a purpose. linux has a purpose.
they are not the same purpose.
use the right tool for the right job.
if i wanted linux to be like windows, why wouldn't i have just kept using windows?
i may not be the sharpest crayon in the box, but i just don't understand this.
no product can be everything to everybody. no product.
name any one *specific* product that fills every need held by every person on the
planet.
i think the "must be like windows" concept is a bad thing.
i'll try to stuff a sock in my mouth now. =)
Adrian Smith
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>>> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9:29:15 PM 1/17/01 >>>
OK y'all !! This marks the last time I'm gonna start a thread
starting with a news wire URL, well maybe ;> Actually I thought it was
a business story that kind'a illustrated Linux's present state, and the
perception of.
The first full install I did of Mandrake was ~500mb. A current 'du
-ch /' with my windoze drive umounted is ~4 gigs! ... and I've
uninstalled a lot of the apps I don't use, and there's linux stuff on
the windoze drive, not in that count. I like it just the way it is,
the installer that is. What brandNewbie doesn't install several times
before they 'settle in' ? ...and for experienced users, it's easy,
albeit time consuming, to install just what you want. As much or
little. LM's installation let's YOU choose. I believe there's nothin
that needs changin. I like the current trend in Mandrake's installs.
As to the 'convert windoze users', and get "linux on everybody's
desktop' vein this thread has denigrated to. WHO CARES? Seriously, be
more concerned that Linux continues to attract the people that built it
to begin with ... the people all over the world that contribute to this
free, open source, volunteer effort. Without them, Linux is dead.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
