Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 01:22:13 +0200 From: "Jonas Sonntag" <js@jonsonn.de> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: Innovation and Promotion Message-ID: <OGEMLNCPKLDPIACJOMOLAEJHCDAA.js@jonsonn.de> In-Reply-To: <3B8A9679.D8928ABC@acuson.com>
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> We don't have a problem selling to the technology elite. But we are > clueless when it comes to selling to the average Joe on the street. The > new Unix/BSD/Linux isn't any more difficult than the old DOS/Win3 combo. > Easier in many ways in fact. But the old DOS/Win3 is what got Microsoft > its monopoly. All the elements are there if we want to succeed in the > market. i'm just a subscriber to this list, but i personally wouldn't want to have the average joe sitting in front of my router. i think if you made a kind of windows out of your fav. unix (an os that most people can easily use) you would get the same stupid little problems that we have since microsoft re-invented the web. saw the little del c:\*.* thing? joe would scream if he saw something like 'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart' everytime he tried to start his new computer. just image that and add the functionality of a linux shell compared to dos. btw on the dos'es i know del c:\*.* would have to be confirmed, del c:\autoexec.bat would succeed. things are kept simple and safe in the ms world, because joe's computer wouldn't run any more after a short time. you may also try to delete c:\winnt\system32\calc.exe and you will see how fast the os keeps the integrity of necessary system files, at least on my win2k, which i think is a great os for my private usage. add that and all the other things that make an os simple to use for average people in average houses and average offices and you will get windows. remove explorer, right-click menus and multiuser functionality and you will get mac os which is easily to use for everybody. the more you try to make an os usable for a lot of people, the harder it will be for experieced users to find their own solutions and get deeper into the system. see the difference between 9x and nt? average systems for average people. this became a little long, just wanted to add that promotion has to be paid and i think is not possible for an os that claims to be free. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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