Dean Hamstead wrote:
definitely computer owners have an appliance mentality. fortunately
people are getting over it, most people realize a computer will be
horrendously out of date long before any other appliance will be.
although thats mainly due to mans obsession with making the gui
more and more like a Macdonald's playground.
I was wondering whether you meant "man's" as in the GUI designer, or
"man's" as in the end user. I think the latter is probably more like
your very apposite description, having once seen a Windows desktop with
over 100 icons on it; how the user found anything I don't know...
Dean
Howard Lowndes wrote:
James Purser wrote:
Maybe it means desktop Linux companies need to knock on more doors
to try and get more printers being sold with a "Works with Linux"
sticker or something.
Which brings up the point: Why don't the Desktop Linux Companies want to
touch the retail market? Business/Corporate they are all over but
retail/Mum and Aunt Jane sends them running.
I think they may have learned from the retail Windows market - too
much: "This computer you sold me is broken, it's still under warranty,
so fix it, and I ain't paying."
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