[TriLUG] Re: Re: Accountability and possible solutions

[Ralph Blach]

Ian,

you have a perfectly valid point.

Chip

Ian Meyer wrote:
> I disagree somewhat...my mom for example, doesn't play anything more 
> than Free Cell (albeit a nicer commercial version thats part of a 
> software package that has a lot of card games in it) on her PC, and it 
> *really* doesn't matter to her if her computer can play the latest 
> Unreal or anything like that.
> 
> I think that it is possible for Windows to remain the prominent gaming 
> platform, while more and more home users that don't need that can use 
> Linux because in a lot of other things, it works better.
> 
> In fact, in the near future, she's probably going to buy a Mac for 2 
> reasons: 1) Her Compaq (an 866 MHz K6 machine) is getting slow running 
> Win98 (even after reinstalling Windows and upgrading the RAM, its still 
> slow and boots about 1/3 of the time on the first try) and 2) a Mac is, 
> for her, the perfect computer, its easy to use, stable, and can run the 
> exact same card game software she's already got.
> 
> my $0.02
> 
> Ian
> 
> ps: I have tried to get her to let my at least set up her computer to 
> dual boot, heck, I've even got a spare HD i could use, but she's averse 
> to Linux because if something goes wrong, It'll take me coming back home 
> to get it running again whereas with, say, a new Mac, she can probably 
> just get it working with me on the phone (not trying to relay complex 
> command line instructions, just simple ones like "fsck -y" and "shutdown 
> -r now") or by calling the included tech support (from Apple or 
> MacWarehouse).
> 
> 
> On Sep 13, 2003, at 9:19 PM, Ralph Blach wrote:
> 
>> Guys,
>>
>> IMHO
>> Neither Windows or Linux are perfect and they both have there 
>> advantages and short comings.  I still feel that windows will always 
>> be the OS home users purchase.
>> Its simply because MS has put a lot of time and effort  in to making 
>> Windows a great gaming platform.  This industry, if you have not 
>> noticed, is bigger money wise
>> than the movie industry.
>>
>> Just my two cents.
>>
>> Chip
>>
>> Robert L martin wrote:
>>
>>>>> So, yeah, it does lean a little to the side of "Windows has holes,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Linux does, if only everyone stopped running Windows!"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Linux doesn't" is what i meant.  doh!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe its more of "I KNOW Windows is swiss cheese but ive heard this 
>>> Linux thing is normally cheddar"    Besides when anything does comes 
>>> up it gets patched quickly (and very few of them cripple systems)
>>>
>>
>>
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