Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks
In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 March 2003 11:17 pm, Marc Wilson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Are you always so condescending to people who don't know what you know?
> Perhaps it's not Joe Moron installing his box -- maybe it's someone with a
> PhD in Physics who is so busy with his work on quantam mechanics he doesn't
> have time to learn computers. Or maybe it's an MD.
You will be quite surprised at the amount of Physics PhD (and
astrophysicists in particular) who were with linux way back in 1992!
:)
I feel humbled that I only got into in '98!
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