Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:36:31 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE Message-ID: <393739CF.2115B00C@mail.ptd.net> References: <200006012335.QAA00649@usr07.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > > I think the important thing is not to create false expectations (of ease > > and simplicity) in the minds of those who have never been exposed to a > > real operating system. > > I think the import thing is to create TRUE expectations of > ease of use and simplicity in the minds of those who have > never been exposed to FreeBSD. > > Of course that means changing the code to have those as > attributes. But can that be done without radically changing the nature of the OS? Home users and small businesses have been accustomed to a single-user OS. Multi-user OSes are necessarily more complex and (in some ways) more limiting than single-user OSes. People are not prepared for, and may not put up with, these complexities and limitations. For example, people will say: "What do you mean I have to login? I didn't have to do that with Windows." or "What do you mean I can't undelete a file? I could do that with Windows." This is not to say that FreeBSD can't be made simpler, but there is a limit, and that limit is more complex than Windows. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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