What a laugh...lol...!

[James Ringhof]

That is true, but did i tell you that it took a brand new laptop 5
reboots and 4 blue screens of death to get running? The laptop with 1gb
or ddr2 memory stutters whilst showing the screen saver. If that is
worth $455, i think I'll be cheap and settle for free...and no blue
screens of death.

James

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 19:36 +1000, draicone at gmail.com wrote:
> It's interesting you mention this. Certainly, $500 for an OS seems
> excessive to me (although this too is debatable).
> 
> But you have to remember that these people want an OS that works. They
> want something where they can plug in their devices and use them
> without complicated configuration (driver support, plug and play).
> They want a simple interface which they're familiar with (windows
> desktop environment). They want simplicity of use (no command line -
> apt-get in the terminal is out of the question), and to be able to use
> their powerful apps that serve the needs of their computing use (Win32
> API compatibility). 
> 
> When you consider all this, Linux still has a fair way to go. People
> shouldn't have to jump on to a forum for technical support, have to
> register an account, wait for a response from volunteers. If it was
> possible to have someone obliged to help them, they'd pay for it. 
> 
> Mailing lists are also out of the question, I find it hard to keep up
> with conversations without Gmail's message threading, and I'm not
> saying Gmail is a must for mailing lists, but the people reading this
> message on a Linux email client won't be buying Vista for themselves
> anyway. None of the Windows target market (inexperienced end users)
> would use Gmail (unless by some miracle or referral from an
> enlightened friend). 
> 
> And installation - there's a discussion going on about an 'Ubuntu
> Switch Disk', emulating Vista's simplicity of upgrading. Until you
> give people an incentive to make the switch and a method to do so by,
> end users without Linux skills aren't going to head for our
> alternative OS any time soon. 
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> On 2/1/07, James Ringhof <jamesringhof at kooee.com.au> wrote:
>         I work for a major electrical company (name withheld,) and
>         just had to
>         laugh at the amount of people forking $455 out for M$ Vi$ta.
>         Why? It's
>         just a big fat lollipop. Tastes good for a while, but sooner
>         or later 
>         your left holding the stick. So many people whinge about the
>         cost of
>         living, and then all of a sudden they waste hundreds of
>         dollars on an
>         operating system that does not really do the job.
>         
>         just wanted to share this with the linux community. 
>         
>         --
>         James Ringhof <jamesringhof at kooee.com.au>
>         
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