Re: Linux is not for consumers!
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Richard Kimber wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:07:16 -0500
> "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net> wrote:
>
> > > No, its not for consumers. Well, at least Debian is not. Perhaps
> > > Mandrake or SuSE, where you can pay for support, is what you're
> > > looking for.
> >
> > You're right. Too many consumers are too dumb for for Linux,
> > especially
> > Debian. It requires more than a room tempature IQ and the willingness
> > to use it.
"debian and all linux is (basically) free"
> This may be true of some; but even reasonably intelligent users with quite
> a lot of experience can come unstuck in those areas with which they are
> not familiar, simply because the documentation is often so poor.
if docs are poor... you can add your set of docs to the lists...
- create teh "right set of better docs"
- tell google where to find your stuff
if the code is missing, that takes a little more skill or $$$
to fix it ... :-)
and we all can benefit from better docs
c ya
alvin
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