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Mark Hill
Michael Griffin wrote ....
<snip> Most people would be hard pressed to name 35 things of any kind they know about Windows. A lot of people want to use Windows because they figure they won't have to know anything about computers that way. <snip>
Jeez Michael, you think an XP MCSE doesn't know how to lock down his own system? Are you suggesting that Linux administrators are more capable? more intelligent? better people?
To suggest a great disservice has been created by suggesting Windows is "easy", is a ridiculous statement. You're second statement is correct, Windows is EXTREMELY complex. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an fool. Even my 80 year old mother (who is XP proficient) realizes how complicated Windows really is underneath those pretty images.
You suggest that "Very few IT people really know much about Windows other than how to click on menus to setup a typical network ...." At least they can do it, which is more than what would happen if you handed Linux to them and asked them to perform the same functions.
OK ,,,, let's assume that at midnight tomorrow night, every MS OS and app where to disappear .... think the preponderance of Linux IT pro's and Linux apps could fill the void ?? How long do you think it would take .... without some central Linux organization?
Linux will NEVER become as accepted as Windows. It doesn't have the market clout, visible presence, financial backing, EULA's, NDA's, and a TON of lawyers, necessary to make it a world wide success.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but unless some large unifying force brings the Linux community together, it'll never happen.
Mark Hill
MS Windows eXPert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
<snip> Most people would be hard pressed to name 35 things of any kind they know about Windows. A lot of people want to use Windows because they figure they won't have to know anything about computers that way. <snip>
Jeez Michael, you think an XP MCSE doesn't know how to lock down his own system? Are you suggesting that Linux administrators are more capable? more intelligent? better people?
To suggest a great disservice has been created by suggesting Windows is "easy", is a ridiculous statement. You're second statement is correct, Windows is EXTREMELY complex. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an fool. Even my 80 year old mother (who is XP proficient) realizes how complicated Windows really is underneath those pretty images.
You suggest that "Very few IT people really know much about Windows other than how to click on menus to setup a typical network ...." At least they can do it, which is more than what would happen if you handed Linux to them and asked them to perform the same functions.
OK ,,,, let's assume that at midnight tomorrow night, every MS OS and app where to disappear .... think the preponderance of Linux IT pro's and Linux apps could fill the void ?? How long do you think it would take .... without some central Linux organization?
Linux will NEVER become as accepted as Windows. It doesn't have the market clout, visible presence, financial backing, EULA's, NDA's, and a TON of lawyers, necessary to make it a world wide success.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but unless some large unifying force brings the Linux community together, it'll never happen.
Mark Hill
MS Windows eXPert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/