Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:15:44 -0800
"Michael M." <mcubed@slashmail.org> wrote:
> I think the issue people aren't addressing in this thread is one of
> goals. Most people who use Windows are not much more than novices or
> advanced beginners with respect to the intricacies of Windows
> operation. Part of the reason for that is simply that most people
> don't want to be. They want to be able to do what they want or need
> to do with a computer, they don't really care about the whys &
> wherefores of how the computer is carrying out the functions they
> want it to perform, nor about how Windows and Linux distros and OS X
> differ in their approaches to carrying out those functions.
>
> If these are the people you're aiming at, then going on & on about
> the Social Contract, the philosophy of open source, the evils of
> proprietary formats, the importance of standards, etc., etc., is a
> waste of time. They don't care. They want to get their photos off
> their cameras. Frankly, I'm not sure any Linux distro, let alone
Fact: A dancer from a show in Romania lost her job (not to
mention the embarrassment) because some *very private* pictures of her
and her boyfriend got out on the internet.
Rumour: It is said her (or her boyfriends?) computer got cracked and
the pictures stolen.
True or not, I think users care about their private data, like
passwords, credit card numbers or even private photos, and their
ignorance is hurting the whole internet community (spambots).
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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