<OT> A bad day in Redmond

[Bob Hemus]

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 13:59 -0400, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 07:11:19AM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > 
> > Linux is still not ready for the mass market. Mossberg
> > in the WSJ has a review of Ubuntu preinstalled on a Dell
> > laptopo. He noted that too much stuff on it didn't work
> > out of the box to recommend it to the average user. The
> > extra cost of Vista over Ubuntu was $109, for laptops
> > costing about $1400. MS Office would cost even more, but,
> > you can run (like I do) OpenOffice on windows now.
> 
> Mossberg is hardly the impartial observer, however. And, candidly, just
> because Mossberg or the WSJ says it, doesn't make it so. More to the
> point, though, so what? The underlying assumption is that a computer
> interface has to be dumbed down in order to be accepted. That's just
> patently a crock of shit. Finally, this is the same refrain you've
> uttered as long as you've been on linux-users and its predecessor
> lists. I think I got it one of the first 100 times you said it, so we
> can we just move on to a different subject now?
> 
> Kurt
Hey!  You don't have to be overly brilliant or techie, I use it.  Need
some help every once in awhile.  Just know where to find help.
Bob