Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?
Hi,
I don't uderstand. The are Linux illiterate, and they display
all the discerning qualities of 2 year olds, they do not want to shop
around and learn about the merits of the distribution, and they do
not want to spend time because they are no hobbyists.
Why do I want them then? Seems to mee that Red Hat makes a
fine distribution of Linux for them. They do not seem like people who
cintribute to the community.
manoj
community, not world domination
>>"George" == George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com> writes:
George> Brian, these people do not use Windows, they want to use Unix
George> because that is what they know. They are just not familliar
George> with Linux in general. They never touch the internet after
George> work and in general, have lives. They are not Unix
George> illiterate, they are Linux illiterate.
George> You guys need to get out of your little world and step back
George> and look and the big picture. Yes, there are a lot of people
George> using Linux and just about everyone has heard the word
George> before. Most in the commercial Unix world have never seen a
George> Linux machine running, have never considered installing one
George> until very recently or have just run into it. In our case,
George> the old-timers were laughing Linux off as another toy OS (and
George> in some ways the 2.0 kernels are) and it has not been until
George> they started getting questions from customers that they start
George> coming to me and asking because I am the company Linux
George> advocate.
George> These are people that work all day on computers and do not
George> want to look at one when they get home. They are not
George> computer hobbyists.
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