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Re: Return Economics html trivial debate
** Reply to note from myturn@vcol.net Sat, 1 Nov 1997 04:19:17 -0500 (EST)
> Then what about this:
>
> A huge hurdle is to hold the hand of those who would use alternative software if they
> were not afraid to make the change. Such hand-holding is most often not practical.
>
> Even using mostly MS pre-loaded and downloaded stuff, and some from NS and others, the
> futz factor for non-gurus is monstrous and scary. I rely on gurus far too often to bring
> this mother back up.
Well, I gave my mother OS/2 Warp 4 on a Cyrix 6x86-166+ box (notice no Intel), and although
she has had precious little experience with computers she was able to use her computer
without me to hold her hand from 100 miles away. She found it easier to use than Windows
(surprise).
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Ed
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