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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:24:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net>
To:        anthony@freebie.atkielski.com
Cc:        y3k@gti.net, tech_info@threespace.com, mwm-dated-1008649596.5a3562@mired.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air..
Message-ID:  <4476.198.151.239.42.1008228263.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu>
In-Reply-To: <005701c183a1$8cd8b430$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <005701c183a1$8cd8b430$0a00000a@atkielski.com>

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Anthony writes:
> Mark writes:
> Anyone can use any system for simple tasks, with no previous
> experience. The question, though, is whether anyone can install and set
> up a system for such use without any previous experience or special IT
> background.  For Windows or the Mac, the answer is "yes"; for UNIX, the
> answer is "no."

The comment I responded to was about the skills needed to read email or surf the web on either system. 

>> She is reasonably intelligent, but i think its
>> unlikely that she would be able to set up networking
>> in either Windows or FreeBSD without assistance,
>> and extremely unlikely that she could install
>> either OS on her own.
> 
> Fortunately, Windows comes preinstalled on most new machines, in part
> for this reason.

True. My point was that I dont think that the typical windows user is capable of installing Windows with no previous experience or special IT background. The users I know who have installed Windows have enough knowledge to install FreeBSD. 

-mark



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