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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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