On 4/13/2013 4:49 PM, Beartooth wrote: > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:15:34 -0400, David wrote: > >> On 4/13/2013 2:46 PM, Beartooth wrote: > >>> There is a real opportunity here for somebody. An old adage says >>> "Find a need, and fill it." >>> >>> As the Baby Boomers retire, there will be an increasing number, >>> well content with the situation Paul Frields describes, who have life >>> partners whom they expect to outlive them. The astute ones should be >>> thinking about adopting an OS in time for those partners to get used to >>> it. >>> >>> Fwiw, I estimate that there are enough now for somebody to get an >>> affordable support system for CentOS, SciLi, et alii off the ground. > > >> Sounds a little lame dude. You want to switch grandma to CentOS which >> would surely affect her and 'the granddaughter' being able to share >> kitten pictures? And, if / when she has problems and she asks 'the >> neighbor kid' for help and he looks at the computer and asks 'what the >> hell is this'? :-) > > Not at all. Grandma doesn't come into it. Jack & Jill (both power > users at work, where they had layers of IT backup) are retired, and run > Fedora now. > > Jack (their ersatz for Tech Support) is at home in these Frieldian > media; so they're fine while his health lasts. He wants Jill not to have > to stoop to some lesser OS if she outlives him, as the actuaries expect. > > But Jill loves golf and racquetball, not computers. So Jack puts > her on SciLi or CentOS, while he's still hale & hearty. She gets used to > it, and can do her email, browsing, and other routine stuff by herself. > > When she does hit a problem, she'll be able to hire neighbor > kids, or students at the nearby college, ad hoc; but it'd be handier to > pick up the horn (or start an email, if that's not affected), and get a > bill. > > RedHat, with clients who need massive support, doesn't want > Jill's business. But (sez me) there are enough of her now to support a > start-up entrepreneur who does; and in a few years there'll be enough > more to support a thriving business, with that entrepreneur in the > catbird seat. > > Am I making sense yet? > No. Actually it still sounds like a crap idea. Smartphones, which work, can do more than a Linux newbie with a broken machine. And people in general, or the guy at Best Buy, can correct a misbehaving phone or computer running Windows before you can find someone to fix a screwed up Linux computer. Hmm... just where might you find this Linux repairman anyway? Since you are here on Fedora I will grant that you are familiar with Fedora. You do know that the various distributions are different? Means? An *expert* in Fedora Linux might be / could be lost on a Ubuntu system. Or a Mageia system. Or "name goes here' Linux system? Like a 'Ford' mechanic might not be able to repair a Porsche. IMO? It still sounds like a crap idea. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
