Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 22:05:05 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: "Technical Information" <tech_info@threespace.com>, "FreeBSD Chat Mailing List" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <15370.63985.8644.745618@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <019501c17baf$4ae465a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <008901c17a30$7d084f40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.37543.15609.362257@guru.mired.org> <040701c179af$4bda25f0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.43943.686638.723011@guru.mired.org> <003301c179ea$8925d270$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.2156.193643.17139@guru.mired.org> <005601c179f3$a4030640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.5624.255357.964607@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011202215531.018f3d80@threespace.com> <15370.62287.191056.315669@guru.mired.org> <019501c17baf$4ae465a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> types: > Mike writes: > > Those two lines pretty much sum up how most of > > the non-geeks I know feel about Windows. It > > sucks, they know it sucks, but it's not > > critical and they don't want to fool with it. > In part they say that because that's what their geek friends say; they really > don't know or care themselves. Oh, horse pucky. Anyone who noticed that time passes knows that computers crashing sucks. > I've had non-geek friends tell me how much better Linux is than Windows, even > though they aren't sure exactly what Linux is (a different kind of computer? a > new word-processing program? a new version of ICQ?). They just echo whatever > they are told by people they consider "experts." You can tell which "experts" > they've talked to, too, by which products they think are superior (Linux or UNIX > usually means they have friends in college or just starting out, for example, > and Mac usually means that they have friends who work in the fine arts). I guess your friends aren't cognizant of time passing, then. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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