Re: Linux has a long way to go before it becomes the major OS

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:28:31 GMT

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:19:23 GMT, Russell Morse <whoknows@whocares.org> wrote:
>
>
> Ben Measures <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote:
>> Heres the simple conclusion I came to:
>
>> If you're easily daunted when you operate computers, use Windows.
>> You'll come across fewer problems with Windows but it will
>> frustrate even your expert friends in their attempts to sort the
>> 'nasty' problems.
>
> This is ok for hobbyists. But for professionals time is money.
> Professionals don't have time to google for answers to questions
> which shouldn't have to be asked.
>
>> If you stick a big two fingers up at computer problems and aren't
>> afraid to beat them into submission, use Linux. You might have to
>> fight a continual struggle, but its downhill all the way.
>
> Nobody has time to fiddle with meaningless ***. You don't learn
> anything about the system when you learn how to install programs. All
> you are learning is how to install programs. And since the point
> of installing the program is not installing the program, learning
> anymore than you have to about installing programs is a total waste
> of time.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

Whoa!

I sure am glad that you aren't my Linux teacher or Sysadmin and I pray that
you aren't working for my ISP.

Except as a janitor....

(If your post was meant as a joke, then I retract the above comments and
apologize.)

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On the topic in general: I don't want Linux to become the major OS.

To do that, it would have to be just like Windows, and I don't see the
point in that at all.

Windows is for technocrats and appliance operators, Linux is for people
that want a superior OS and are willing to learn how it works. Who WANT
to have the freedom and control that these bring.

AC