Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control

date posted 1st July 2002 17:00

Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>> And we're the only people in the world, of course! :-)
>>
>We're the only ones reading this list, that was my point, and to do so we
>are already in the position of having chosen, or had dumped upon us, a
>certain OS and mail client and all the attendant paraphenalia of attempting
>to make a living in the industry. Your point below about future expansion is
>however a valid and interesting one, as were your comments on the
>configurability of Linux.
>But... I still couldn't seriously recommend a total novice, about to buy her
>first computer, that a Linux/opensource route was preferable to Win/Mac.

Agreed. But then I'm not sure a total novice (I mean someone who's
right back there wondering what the mouse buttons do, eg my dad!) would
find Windows all that easy and intuitive either. That's where I think
the Mac has the edge. But yes, Linux wouldn't necessarily be
appropriate, although for someone who has used Windows, there are Linux
distributions that look remarkably similar and work almost identically
(apart from the blue screens!).

>Maybe you could, but I bet you'd spend plenty time as unpaid tech support
>;-)

Unpaid?!?!! :-)

Actually I seem to spend my entire life trying to help my friends get
their Windows machines to do what they want, and I keep having to stop
myself saying "You know, you wouldn't have this problem with Linux" :-)

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Neil Durant
Octrix Software Ltd.
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