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Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:57:07 -0800
From:      KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>
To:        Jayton Garnett <jayton.garnett@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all these years
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009, Jayton Garnett wrote:

> I used to be naive too, thinking Unix was better in all respects. Then got a
> job working in a predominately Windows  environment, and most of the
> problems I encounter are third party software issues - hardly the fault of
> Microsoft eh? Yes Unix is far more interesting as you can start with a CLI
> and build on that to make what you want, however that is also it's downfall.
> The average PC user just about knows how to turn it on, write a document,
> browse the web and print.
>
> Explaining to a computer user non-technical how/why/when to install software
> using the ports and make or even pkg_add -r and for them to grasp this
> concept is where Windows (OS/X also) is by far the 'better' OS for these
> people, which is more than 90% of the population.
>

THAT's no way to sell computers!  Come on man, how's that *Nix Store going 
to survive with a sale line like that???


> Cheers,
> Jay ;)
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