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Re: [News] Wal-Mart-Microsoft Ties, Well-orchestrated Media FUD

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:18:41 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

> On 2008-03-13, Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wilkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:20:50 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | But maybe the decision was much more personal. There is a strong
>>> executive | tie between Microsoft and Wal-Mart. |
>>
>> Bah!  I have been reading the back-and-forth about this WalMart thing
>> for two days now.  It's time for Linux enthusiasts to face the facts. 
>> Linux is not yet fully mainstream, and it presents idiosyncrasies and
>> rough edges that most WalMart customers would be hard-pressed to
>> address.
> 
> So does Windows. It always has. People have either just grown accustomed
> to it ("computers just crash by nature") or they put up with it do to
> the perception that "it runs everything".
> 
> 
>> Example 1: I had a hell of a time setting up a dialup connection on my
>> laptop... I figured out what kind of modem I had, installed the right
>> driver, configured everything properly, and then had to spend two hours
>> hunting for information so I could figure out why it didn't work.
> 
> What is this 1994?

The experience was reminiscent of that era.  But it was about a month ago.

Charlie

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