"Dave" <nospam@biteme.com> wrote in message
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> Billy Smith wrote:
>>
>> "
>> For most people, they are not going to use Linux because A: There is no
>> need for using it and B: They don't have the capability to babysit Linux
>> based systems. The average computer science grad or expert in the
>> computer field very well might get some usage out of it. For most people,
>> they are content in using Microsoft Office or whatever works for plug and
>> play applications.
>>
> That's ridiculous. Unless you are gaming you don't need Windows. If
> you're not editing video you don't need a Mac. For what most people do on
> a computer (surf, mail, spreadsheets, word processing, photo editing,
> media recording and playback, etc.) Linux does it faster, better and 100%
> cheaper.


Linux word processes faster? Will my 30 wpm speed increase if I use Open
Office in Ubuntu?

Who are you to say whether computers users need Windows or MacOS? Isn't the
Linux argument all about giving users freedom of choice without prejudice?

Windows took off because it captured the imagination of everybody. It was
and is commercially and economically possible to write programs for Windows
and MacOS for a living, and as a result, the choice of slick programming is
way better for Windows and MacOS, and it always will be.

Computer users will use whatever OS suits them best, which is how it should
be..

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