On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:04:23 -0700, xfile wrote:
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>> Does "Joe Average" go out, buy an OS, and install it on their computer?
>> No, "Joe Average" generally does not do that. Sure, there are
>> exceptions...but generally speaking, "Joe Average" simply goes out and
>> buys a computer with the OS pre-installed.[/color]
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> Agreed. So what is the point for the neverending OS advocacy in here?[/color]

Don't ask me, I don't know. =)
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>> What I am trying to get at is that everyone focuses too much on the one
>> thing that most uses do the list: "Installing the OS".[/color]
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> Not everyone. It's Linux advocates by asking people coming to here to
> switch to a new OS.[/color]

I generally don't unless someone directs specific questions at me about it.
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>> And in that regard, I just recently set up a co-worker with Ubuntu who had
>> a WinXP install so horribly messed up it was beyond repair. His level of
>> technical knowledge is so low that he thought having 60
>> concurrently running malware, spyware and virus processes was normal. No,
>> I am not exaggerating. I counted them.Ya really think he would be able to
>> install any version of windows or would know where to even start? Even if
>> said installation were easier than say Ubuntu?[/color]
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>> He's had absolutely zero problems with Ubuntu once I installed and
>> configured it. He just happily uses it. Reinstalling XP would have been
>> pointless as it would have been a matter of time until it became that
>> infected with crap again.[/color]
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> No doubt at all, and in this case, you are the OEM. I along countless
> others suggested that you guys will have a better result by spending your
> efforts on OEM's and application providers who then will deliver Linux as
> part of a solution. Most people coming here to ask questions are end users
> (a.k.a. Joe Average) and regulars are geeks who have determined already.
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> So again, what's the poing for annoying people here?[/color]

You'd need to ask Alias that....

I usually only answer to posts such as the one by the original poster if I
feel I have something to add to it that is constructive. I don't go around
posting "Get Ubuntu" to users with Vista Problems nor do I engage in
pissing contest like some people here like to do.

So dunno, can't really answer that question. =)

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