Don't get confused by fuzzy thinking. This isn't end user systems I'm talking about. It's back room stuff aimed at heavy duty teckies. Oh, and don't think it's all command line. Remember, they CAN use GNOME and KDE and all the other X widget sets, unlike us. Shaun Oliver writes: > From: Shaun Oliver <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> > > I still maintain that half the battle is convincing them that linux is a > viable alternative. > there's people out there that don't wanna learn a whole new terminology > for devices or drives etc. > unfortunately they want point click and I don't care how it gets done. > personally, I'd like the entire world's computing population to make the > switch but if that were to happen, you'd end up with a similar result. > sick and infected computers. > why. > because the coders of viri are targeting for mass disruption. > and let's face it, the majority of the world's pc users out there and > make no mistake they're nothing more some are a bit less but, they're > users. > dumb users that point shoot and hope for the best. > until we change that mind set we won't get anywhere. > > -- > Shaun Oliver > "Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!" > > EMAIL: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au > ICQ: 76958435 > YAHOO: blindman01_2000 > MSN: blindman_2001 at hotmail.com > AIM: captain nemo 200 > IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 > IRCNICK: blindman > CHANNELS: #awesomeradio #mircpopup-magic #linux #help #ourworld #audiofile #mauisun > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
