On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:12:24PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 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). > Ignorance is exactly it. I think most users have no idea how vulnerable they really are *AND* if they actually were made to understand that, there would be a significant change in the way people view computers. A
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