Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
JeffM wrote:
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Daniel wrote:
[...]BitDefender[...]anti-virus update[...]
I've been reading with great amusement
this thread about a toy OS and the hoops its users jump thru.
If your b-i-l used Mandriva, he'd not have had this problem! :-)
I was thinking along those lines from the beginning.
My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do
that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS?
I'm betting that the answer is "None".
Analogy: A car can easily be wrecked, but a safe driver can generally
avoid that. By the same token, Windows can easily be infected, but a
safe user can generally avoid that.
The main reasons people use Windows:
1) Inertia -- they've always used it, it's familiar and understandable
(mostly); it's the default when they go to the store;
2) Interoperability -- it's so ubiquitous that if you share files,
chances are the other person already has the app that generated them and
knows how to use it. Similarly, if you need help or feel generous about
giving help, chances are your friend is using the same program.
Ordinary users don't think nearly as much about security as techies like
us, and they're much less willing to invest time and effort to learn the
arcana of lesser-known operating systems like Linux or lesser-known mail
programs like SeaMonkey. They don't want to maintain the car, they just
want to drive it. Beyond filling the tank and cleaning the windshield,
they can't be bothered.
"They don't want to maintain the car, they just want to drive it.
Beyond filling the tank and cleaning the windshield, they can't be
bothered."
EXACTLY ! I have other things to do ! A computer is a TOOL...not an
end all and be all that I want to have to learn all about just to use...
Cars used to be easy to work on - now the Technology is almost "Throw
away" - like FM Radios and MP3 Players. You can't fix it.
Hard to find the alternator amongst all that complex stuff under the
hood. Gotta pay some Dude big bucks - and he just does parts
replacement, too - He hardly understands the damned thing himself.
Windows is now so freaking complex and huge as to be absurd.
Some technical geek now determines what the public will want. lol
You folks get on here and talk technical jargon and act as if the
average person is some sort of useless (useful) idiot who should "know
better." lol
I know - I have my own technical area (chemistry) and get impatient when
the average person shows lack of ANY knowledge...it's easy to be that way.
In any case - thanks for highjacking this thread. It is most
interesting to listen to what the technical people think...or NOT.
I used to know a lot about Netscape, then Seamonkey....back ten years
ago. I didn't keep up with the latest add-ons, extensions, plugins, etc
etc etc.....now I don't remember much and have to ask you guys each time
I want to change versions (which are never ending and contantly changing
forms and function).
I just want my cake and to eat it, too.
I have my own hobbies and problems with family and job and life in
general. I don't want to learn whole new programs and systems just to
get onto Hobby Forums and send E-Mail.....
Have I now offended just about everyone out there !
DoctorBill
--
When all is said and done,
more will be said than done.
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