[TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]

[al johson]

Right now a lot of companies are not happy at all with the new XP. They are
concerned that it is loaded with what is probably best described as software
useful for entertainment. Several business magazines have reported that many
companies do not want these particular tools on the desktops of their
employees BY DEFAULT!!
Hence the reason why there are those who want a user-friendly
desktop, esp. a desktop which doesn't have all the XP junk!! (and this was
reported on Tech TV yesterday!! sorry I can't tell you the precise time this
was discussed. I saw it at Saturn of Cary where I was getting my car
serviced sometime between 1 and 2 PM!! )
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Ellison <leonardbernst55 at hotmail.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]


> >To put linux on the desktop, you'll have to change the way that people
> >think, which is a lot harder to do than changing technology.
> >
>
> Thank you. I think that sums up what Red Hat *actually* means with the
claim
> that thjey aren't focusing on the desktop market so much.
>
> Sure, Linux is getting easier and easier for desktop users to grasp with
> every release in every flavor, but getting desktop users interested in
> switching from something that's already extremely simple, albeit highly
> imperfect, is another story. For example, it's doubtful that my brother,
who
> knows just enough about computers to make flyers, cruise the Web, and
> download MP3s knows or gives a damn about the bigger issues folks like us
> have with Windows. He knows I work for a Linux company, but I'm not sure
he
> really remembers what that is. And he's no idiot, rest assured. He's just
> like a lot of people who use computers but aren't involved in the computer
> community/industry; he just wants his machine at home to be easy,
> cooperative, and not something he has to futz with a lot. I'm the same way
> about my car and people like me make mechanics everywhere cringe.
>
> beth
>
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