New to LINUX

[Shaun Oliver]

thomas,
even though more and more people are trying out linux, it does not take
away from the fact that mr average neither knows or cares about how his
system operates.
Until mr average starts to give a damn about the inner workings of his
computer and the various problems and solutions to said problems,
microsoft will always have the upper hand.
it appears to me that an even greater number of windows users still
don't want to know or give a damn how things work.
I meet with this kind of opposition everyday. the other people that use
computers that I closely associate with, namely my partner and her
father,
both point blank refuse to touch linux with a barge pole.
My partner's father is 1 of those users that knows enough about his
machine to get out of trouble. but doesn't care for the waw linux refers 
to ide or skuzzy devices nore the way everything needs to be setup by
hand.
Make no mistake about it, x isn't totally point and click and hope for
the best.
I feel it's better to get in there and swear and fart around a bit until 
you get the result you desire.
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Thomas Ward wrote:

> Agreed. It is the same way about Win modems. They all could be supported if
> the hhardware manufacturers got their head out of the sand and see more and
> more people are trying out Linux.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: New to LINUX
> 
> 
> > Stupidity for sure. Since there's absolutely nothing for them to lose,
> > this is the only word for it.
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Geoff Shang wrote:
> >
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > Let me emphasize this point about the trippletalk.  It cannot be used
> with
> > > speakup.  And unless and until the trippletalk folks decide to be more
> > > forth-coming with specs for their products (i.e. they stop iinsisting on
> a
> > > non-disclosure agreement), the trippletalk will remain unsupported.  Of
> > > course, this is stupidity on the part of a hardware manufacturer as
> wider
> > > support means greater product sales, but a number of hardware
> manufacturers
> > > just don't seem to get it.
> > >
> > > Geoff.
> > >
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