$35? Is that wholesale or retail? On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Daniel Stasinski <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Wayne Davis > > Until linux becomes MUCH more plug & play, the > > "average" consumer will balk. > > I used to often have the whole "not ready for primetime" and "for the > power user" discussion with an old co-worker and the conclusion we > both came to is that Linux will never be accepted until it *IS* > Windows. > > In the last couple of incarnations of my choice of distribution, every > piece of random hardware I've plugged in has been plug and play. > Printers, cards, scanners, webcams, joysticks, and all sorts of USB > devices. After an easy install, it was instantly online. It all just > works. For the software, there was indeed a learning curve, but that > happened with my Commodore Pet, TRS-80 Model I and every computer > since then. My now 70 year old parents who are completely computer > illiterate use it daily for email, browsing, skype and webcam. > > For the Windows "Power User," it's probably a good idea to stick with > Windows, but for almost everyone else, I think Linux is ready for 90% > of modern computer users. > > Daniel > > -- > | --------------------------------------------------------------- > | Daniel P. Stasinski | http://www.saidsimple.com > | [email protected] | http://www.disabilities-r-us.com > | XMMP: [email protected] | http://www.avenues.org > | Google Talk: mooooooo | http://www.scriptkitties.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-:
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