__/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Sunday 18 June 2006 06:54 \__
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:55:08 +0000 (UTC),
> High Plains Thumper <hpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Black Dragon wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> [IP] Another Windows Genuine Advantage screw up
>>>
>>>> ,----[ Snippet ]
>>>>| I was not amused to find out that the reason it had
>>>>| stopped monitoring was that at 3am Windows Update had
>>>>| loaded the Windows Genuine Advantage module, then
>>>>| rebooted the system after installing it, then refused to
>>>>| allow the system to start up until someone clicked on the
>>>>| box warning that the Dell supplied Windows Xp was not
>>>>| genuine.
>>>>|
>>>>| How long until some critical system is screwed up by
>>>>| this?
>>>> `----
>>>
>>>> http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-peop
>>>> le/200606/msg00121.html
>>>
>>> Anybody who is naive enough to have critical systems
>>> automatically updated deserves the potential consequences.
>>
>> I gather he might be an environmental engineer or technician.
>> Not everyone doing data acquisition is an IT person.
>>
>
> Apparantly you need to be an expert with computers to not get screwed
> over by "you" MS-Windows box...
Allow me to quote something that I read yesterday (quotes are often more
compelling than a personal statement):
,----[ Quote ]
| I've installed Windows hundreds of times over the years. And, I've
| installed various versions of Linux dozens of times in the past as well.
| Windows isn't difficult, but you do kind of have to know what you're doing.
`----
http://lenwood.cc/2006/06/17/ubuntu-rocks-on-laptops
Common knowledge (which is the artefact of popularity/experience) or a
next-door neighbour do not mean that the platform is more user-friendly, nor
intuitive. This reminds me of Mike's recent post, which distinguished
between _easy-to-learn_ and _easy-to-use_.
Best wishes,
Roy
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