Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:46:37 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <15355.9117.91882.40355@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <31042019@toto.iv>
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Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> types: > I think you're looking from your standpoint. But note that the > average user is also very badly educated about computers. When that > changes, software will get better than the current Microsoft junk. Unfortunately, that probably won't happen. Even people who are educated about computers and realize that it's junk keep on using it. That's because the cost of converting is so much higher than the benefit of converting. I mean - how many of people really care about being able to install new applications without having to reboot? Or find a crash to be more than a minor inconvenience? And so on ... <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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