Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

From: Hoyt Bailey (hoyt13_at_wiredok.com)
Date: 11/06/03

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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 18:01:11 -0600

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    From: "Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>
    To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:33
    Subject: Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

    > On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 17:14 GMT, Wolfgang Pfeiffer penned:
    > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39117575,00.htm
    > >
    >
    > This was on slashdot and people really freaked out about it.
    >
    > The guy is saying that RedHat is great for businesses, even for
    > corporate user machines, but that he has trouble seeing his grandfather
    > wanting to learn how to run linux.
    >
    > To some extent, I can't disagree with him. My mom bought my dad a
    > digital camera a couple of years ago. Neither of them know a thing
    > about computers, really, but amazingly enough, dad was able to get his
    > pictures from the camera to his computer without my help. On windows.
    > I have trouble picturing (no pun intended) him doing the same on linux.
    >
    > --
    > monique
    > PLEASE don't CC me. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top.
    > Whatever it takes, just don't CC me! I'm already subscribed!!
    >
    As ustall I will be politically incorrect but I think the following applys
    to this entire subject:

    Ignore the past and you will fail
    Ignore the future and you have already failed.{Unknown}

    I think RH ignored the future. Will Debian?
    Regards;
    Hoyt 

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