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Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air..
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:44:00 +0100
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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.


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