Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:44:00 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net> Cc: <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: <005701c183a1$8cd8b430$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <003701c18398$07091d30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <4290.198.151.239.42.1008226016.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu>
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Mark writes: > I consider my sister a typical Windows user. She > has browsed the internet and read her email under > UNIX on two occasions that I know of, with no > previous UNIX experience. 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." > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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