Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 01, 2006 07:51 AM
I must admit you make a convincing case. You might even be right. Maybe Linux is indeed as userfriendly as Windows, or Mac OS for that matter, from the point of view of a completely unbiased user. Maybe not. Although I tend to think the latter is true, I myself am, admittedly, largely a microsoft 'monkey'. The point is: there is no such thing as a totally unbiased user.
Therefore I strongly oppose the opinion of those who believe that the fact many people hesitate to switch to Linux is due to their ignorance and unwillingness to learn and not due to shortcomings in the linux environment. Even assuming all you say is true this is a very unproductive, but popular line of thought. It is nearly impossible to change people as a group -in any case, the linux community does not have the means to do so. If people are Microsoft monkeys and totally unwilling to be retrained, the linux community will have to deal with this fact.
In other words: it is no use to complain about people's ignorance. Time is better spent trying to improve on a Linux desktop environment!
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Re:Retraining monkeys
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 01, 2006 07:51 AMTherefore I strongly oppose the opinion of those who believe that the fact many people hesitate to switch to Linux is due to their ignorance and unwillingness to learn and not due to shortcomings in the linux environment. Even assuming all you say is true this is a very unproductive, but popular line of thought. It is nearly impossible to change people as a group -in any case, the linux community does not have the means to do so. If people are Microsoft monkeys and totally unwilling to be retrained, the linux community will have to deal with this fact.
In other words: it is no use to complain about people's ignorance. Time is better spent trying to improve on a Linux desktop environment!
Sebastiaan Mathot
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