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From: djimenez@rose.uthscsa.edu (Daniel Angel Jimenez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 18 Jan 1995 14:18:09 -0600
Organization: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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In article <D2M34v.Lyt@cs.bsu.edu>,
Francisco A. Garcia <fagarcia@cs.bsu.edu> wrote:
>Gary Schrock (gary.schrock@ssc.msu.edu) wrote:
>> Hey, let's face it folks. The average reader of Infoworld
>> is not exactly someone who is going to be able to install
>> and maintain linux. Unix's aren't exactly userfriendly, and
>> most of these people are the ones that call their tech
>> support when they forget to turn on their monitor and
>> don't realize it.
>
>
> Let me add to that by saying that the average reader of
>Infoworld use Macs =) (DOS is not that user friendly, takes a bit longer
>for some people to get used to).
I just read the article. It looked to me like they wanted to hate Linux,
but after trying it, decided that it was OK. Their silly subheadings
("Linux pulls a wedgie," "Installium ad tedium") seem to have been written
before they actually tried it out. "We admit, the installation is
going more smoothly than we'd expect from an underware product" shows that
they were expecting, maybe hoping, for big problems from Linux.
The only real problems they had was using the wrong boot disk and trying
to install a package from an already mounted CD-ROM drive. Both of these
problems are easily solved by someone with 1/2 a brain who's willing to
do a little reading.
--
Daniel Jimenez djimenez@rose.uthscsa.edu
"I've so much music in my head" -- Maurice Ravel, shortly before his death.
" " -- John Cage