Subj : Re: Live CD
To   : August Abolins
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 10:03 am

-=> August Abolins wrote to Gordon Huff <=-

 AA> "Gordon Huff -> MARTIN ATKINS" <1:106/2000> wrote...

 GH> To stay on topic ("Windows") I argued for Linux at the Senior
 GH> Center computer lab ... with a GUI setup just like
 GH> Windows. The answer was : "If you're gonna do that, why not
 GH> just go Windows!" Alien mindset!

 AA> A sad commentary indeed.  :(   MS has succeeded in brainwashing them to
 AA> think no alternatives exist.

 AA> But what was your answer to their question?

There is, in fact, a bit of a debate going on right now about how to increase 
use of Linux as a desktop OS (rather than as a server OS)... one side is 
arguing that Linux needs to become more Windows-like. The other side suggests 
(as in GH's anecdote) that if Linux becomes more Windows-like, then users will 
see it as a cheap Windows knock-off, and feel like they might as well stick to 
'the real thing'.
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