New to LINUX

[Shaun Oliver]

hahahahahahahahaha. maybe you could leave a few isp admins for dead
hehe.
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Jason Symes wrote:

> I'm proud to say that I'm expanding my horizons beyond windows, and when I
> graduate from college with at least an aa in networking, I'll be even more
> valuable then my classmates that haven't tried any form of linux. I enjoy
> my windows, but I also enjoy a bit of good, challenging change from the
> fatal exception errors or the mainstream tech support idiots that think
> they know a computer better than the experienced user.
> At 09:40 PM 1/1/02 +1100, you wrote:
> >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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> >-- 
> >Shaun Oliver
> >
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> >                -- Roger Price
> >
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Shaun Oliver

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