Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:27:56 +0700 (JAVT) | | From | <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Single user linux |
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Daniel Stone wrote: > Hence, Microsoft Windows. It might not be stable, it might not be fast, it > might not do RAID, packet-filtering and SQL, but it does a job. A simple > job. To give Mum & Dad(tm) (with apologies to maddog) a chance to use a > computer. > > > Since when, did mobile phones == computers?
read the news! i'm programming nokia 9210 with c++, is that computer enough?
i bet if you programmed one, you'd wish you have posix interface.
> > > that also explain why win95 user doesn't want to use NT. not > > because they can't afford it (belive me, here NT costs only > > us$2), but additional headache isn't acceptable. > > So, let them stay in Win95. They don't *need* NT.
and how's stability, speed, etc. they read. is there a linux advocate around here?
> If your sister doesn't want that, give your sister a copy of Win95. If she > doesn't want that, she obviously wouldn't get any advantage out of Linux, as > opposed to Win95, whatsoever. Would she get a kick out of having to learn an > entirely new environment? Granted, I'm far more productive in GNOME, > Sawfish, emacs and mutt than Win95, Word and Outlook, but it takes people > time to get used to, and you'll have trouble dragging them out of > point-n-click.
okay, it wouldn't cost me. but it surely easier if everybody used linux, so i could put my ext2 disk everywhere i want.
hey, it's obvious that it's not for a server! i try to point out a problem for people not on this list, don't work around that problem.
imel
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