[Am-info] Why MS Windows isn't ready for the Desktop

[John Angelico]

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:37:15 -0400, Gene Gaines wrote:

>Well.  Is the article below baseless rant, or does it
>present opinions backed up by facts?
>
>Gene Gaines
>gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
>Sterling, Virginia

Hmm, I would say an incomplete neither. 

it is not baseless, but neither is it a complete picture.

I doubt if the author realises he is not actually comparing apples with
apples, when he tries to relate a "clean MS-Win install" with a GNU/Linux
install with various applications to choose from. 

He would have been closer if he had compared a typical pre-installed
Win-machine with MS-only apps to a GNU/Linux install.

He also has not taken note of the rant by Eric Raymond <?> over excessive
geekiness and user-unfriendliness, using CAPS as an example of some
weaknesses in the GNU/Linux "user experience". 

It's a good op-ed piece for a tech mag, user group mag, or general
consumption computer journal.


Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2@melbpc.org.au or 
talldad@kepl.com.au
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