lindows comes to walmart

[Joel Hammer]

The security issue is not insignificant. However, I think that the main
damage done by MS is to have given birth to a generation of computer users
who have no concept of computer security. How this will work out when a
bunch of linux computers go on line as root is anybody's guess. 

I sure hope Lindows has success. I visited their web page.  I am not
quite sure of how they will do it. But, I get the impression that you
will be able to download lots of stuff, some likely not compatible with
your system, from the warehouse. Howerver, I hope they will be certifying
software as comptible with lindows so users will not be wasting their
time with missing library issues, and the like.

I agree that linux has to shed its "elitist" image if it is to be
successful on the desktop and be just as easy as windows to use. An
EASY LEARNING CURVE is essential. For example, I can use vi fairly
well after many months of practice and frustration, but, even now
I am still far from expert. I use vi in preference to all other
wordprocessors.  I realize now that all other wordprocessors are just
crutches for the learning disabled, slow and clumsy but easy to learn and
use. Despite this, vi hasn't become the dominant wordprocessor even in
the linux world. So, an easy learning curve, not just efficiency and
ease of use, seems crucial, and not just for windows users.

Joel