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Re: InfoWk: Six Things U Didn't Know Abt Linux

  • Subject: Re: InfoWk: Six Things U Didn't Know Abt Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:45:02 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Ian Hilliard ] on Sunday 04 June 2006 19:22 \__

> Alex Wolfe wrote:
> 
>> Here:
>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188701144
>> 
>> Basically aimed at newbies.
>> 
>> Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Should you give the open-source operating system a whirl? Here are some
>> answers, along with advice on how to get started.
> 
> <quote>
> Apart from the fact that most vendors can make more money with Windows,
> there are two major reasons more users haven't been convinced to take the
> Linux plunge. Most importantly, Windows is a one-stop operating system in a
> box. It ships complete with nearly all the drivers any user could every
> need, and can be up and running with several mouse clicks, a half-hour
> wait, and the entry of an annoying license code (which then has to be
> verified again online within 30 days to prove you didn't steal the thing).
> </quote>


When I had a cursory look at this NG post (seen the article a few days ago),
I thought the author was referring to Linux, until licences were mentioned.
Without context, this is /very/ deceiving. Linux can be described in the
same way (as in the above), only without a licence and with /shorter/
installation time. Thereafter, there is also more software, which saves
/further/ time.

Thumbs up for the author who pointed out the /reason/ why we don't see Linux
offered by many vendor. It's like that 10p fuse which the shop would have
hidden in some corner so that you spend a whole pound on some 'deluxe' fuse.
In reality, them cheaper fuses prove to be more effective, too.


> It looks like the author has never installed Windows on a computer that
> doesn't come with a drivers disk from a single. I would recommend that he
> try to put together a computer out of components and then install Windows
> on it. It is for the most part a VERY painful process.
> 
> The author is also a very Windows person and you can tell he tries to put
> the boot in when ever he can. He also seems to defend the need to have to
> register your hardware for the OS.
> 
> He appears to be the wrong person to write an article on moving to Linux.
> My guess is that the article is more about, why you shouldn't move to
> Linux.


It's a self-pleasing article. An author who uses Windows will always like to
persuade him/herself (as well as others, for mutual confirmation) that the
choice s/he had made is the correct one. Nobody likes to admit mistake.
People are stubborn.

Best wishes,

Roy

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