On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:58:40 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<2loat2du38c7afq4p9dvv78l5lm8ejbgrr@4ax.com>:

>DTC <no_spam@move_along_folks.foob> hath wroth:
>
>>Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> If you've never seen Windoze before, do you think the typical user can
>>> deal with Windoze? Both Linux and Windoze have a learning curve.
>
>>I would venture to say there are more converts from Windows to Linux than
>>the other way around.
>
>Quantity is a rather poor replacement for quality. However, that has
>nothing to do with my comment on your assertion. I've helped a few
>commerical customers make the transition from Windoze to various Linux
>mutations (mostly SUSE). The problem is always the learning curve.
>Most consider their knowledge of Windoze to be an investment of sorts
>and refuse to start from scratch learning Linux. After giving it a
>half hearted try, all but a few of my customers have given up on Linux
>as being too hard to learn. IMHO, Apple OS/X did it right. It
>insulated the user from any need to ever see the shell prompt or run
>anything from the command line. Perhaps future Linux mutations will
>learn this lesson (but probably not).

Knoppix live CD boots right into a windowed environment familiar to
Windows users -- no command line or configuration needed. People I know
seem to think the learning curve is not a big deal.

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