On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:26:03 +0100, T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:24:22PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > Well. I *can* see his point, at least a little bit - but it still > > > feels strange, this coming from Red Hat. > > > Anybody else who shares this view? > > > > Do *you* disagree? > > Yes. I don't think it was very smart. Seing the recent wave of worms > and viruses, I regard it as downright dangerous to recommend Windows > to any home user. -snip- IMHO, the key to understanding such comments is to not read between the lines. Szulik specifically refers to "device-drivers" and "traditional functionality [...] for that classic consumer purchaser" which refers to multimedia applications implemented in both hardware and software and also includes the field of games. This is not about a security standpoint. This is not a superficial "Windows vs. Linux" comparison. This is about avoiding false expectations. This is about (re-)defining the target group of current [Red Hat] Linux. In particular, Linux is either not ready with regard to multimedia content, e.g. movies, sound, plugins. Or it confronts the user with low-level details, which can cause serious frustration among users who have got a false impression of Linux based on media coverage (=hype). --
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