Re: [SLE] Re: GNOME vs KDE Redoux

On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 12:37 -0400, Ken Jennings wrote:
On Saturday 06 May 2006 10:22, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Saturday 2006-05-06 at 13:39 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
If you knew how to swim in windows (ie, compile, use makefiles, etc),
then it is not so dificult. You have to change your swiming style,
that's all.

Windows users *do not* compile anything. They buy or download.

Not true. I was a dos/windows user before coming to unix or linux, and
compiled a lot of things.

Since when does (or did) a compiler come with Windows? So, how does the
typical Windows user compile anything?

When I was using Windows I used to compile lots of stuff for Windows, because
I BOUGHT a compiler. I'm a programmer. I wouldn't describe myself as just a
computer "user". The overwhelming majority of people using Windows are just
"users" and don't have the knowledge (or the software) to rebuild anything.

I realize I'm nitpicking here, but "windows user(s)" and "typical
windows user(s)" can be two completely different animals. The first is
all inclusive, and a poor choice of words, the second has built in
exclusions, i.e. those who write and compile windows apps.


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