Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 06:02:33PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> True. Perhaps it would have been better stated by saying that every distro
> that wants to cater to Desktop users needs to implement a GUI installer
> (and many other GUI tools).
Why? The *user* has zero business installing the box. Yes, Joe Moron
benefits from having GUI tools, because they mean he doesn't have to think,
but it matters not for the installer.
Everyone is talking about intuitive interfaces, and Linux on the desktop,
and "the Windows XP killer", and etc... and no one wants to touch the basic
question:
Why is Joe Moron expected to be installing the box? Not "how neat if he
could", but why in the world should it be set up for him to be able to?
Why do we *want* him to be able to? Why does anyone care if he can?
Elitism be damned. You don't expect the man off the street to be
performing surgery... that's what skilled people are for. In fact, we
prosecute people like that who pretend, whether or not they hurt anyone.
What makes this different?
--
Marc Wilson | mathematician, n.: Some one who believes imaginary
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