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Damian
JEDIDIAH said:
Oh dear God. You're serious, aren't you? Do you use linux or something?
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Oh dear God. You're serious, aren't you? Do you use linux or something?
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Damian
JEDIDIAH said:JEDIDIAH said:Lionel B wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:59 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
.....until now.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64306.html
[...]
You have to read the article to see what a nightmare this guy
went through getting Linux installed.
LOL! Reminds me of a couple of years back, I had to reinstall XP
on a Dell Inspiron, as the OS went titsup due to some DLLHell(tm)
issues. Now *that* was a freaking nightmare (new hardware detected
- how nice - drivers not found, please insert CD, drivers still
not found, please reboot, please reboot again - and again... just
one more time, thanks, really... ahhhh... new hardware detected.
Bollocks).
Only Two possibilities:
1. Illicit copy of XP.
2. You don't know how to install Windows correctly.
Which?
Why should either one be a problem?
Oh dear God. You're serious, aren't you? Do you use linux or
something?
Of course I am serious.
"Blaming the end user" is simply not an acceptable way to treat
problems relating to an operating system specifically targeted at the
clueless.
When *MILLIONS* of users have successfully installed, and are running
Windows XP _successfully_ it is very acceptable to blame the luser who is
unable to get it to work. It proves the axiom, 'linux makes you stupid'.
C
Chris S.
Linonut said:* Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
Don't worry. I'm sure someone will soon find some connection between the
publisher of LinuxInsider and Microsoft (or perhaps Apple--they publish
AppleInsider, too), and so will demonstrate that this was just a paid
hit piece by the enemies of Linux. That's how it always happens.
(Queue chrisv asking for proof that this always happens...)
Hint: Putting "Linux" in your corporate name doesn't mean you know
jack about Linux.
Here, it is obvious! The editor himself practically admits he didn't
know jack about it.
Hint: Putting "Insider" in your corporate name doesn't mean you really
are an "insider".
In the meantime, Zeke and Moshe get to use it as FUD fodder.
I wonder why this story is no longer available:
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/43067.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64306.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/7biPwnfUcng6bW/Where-the-Buck-Stops.xhtml
Anyway, maybe LinuxInsider is more on-topic these days.
--
It has been said [by Anatole France], "it is not by amusing oneself
that one learns," and, in reply: "it is *____only* by amusing oneself
that
one can learn."
-- Edward Kasner and James R. Newman
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Linonut
* Damian peremptorily fired off this memo:
Those millions are a tiny percentage of those who rely either on the OEM
or on Linux guys like me to get their Windows installed <grin>.
When *MILLIONS* of users have successfully installed, and are running
Windows XP _successfully_ it is very acceptable to blame the luser who is
unable to get it to work. It proves the axiom, 'linux makes you stupid'.
Those millions are a tiny percentage of those who rely either on the OEM
or on Linux guys like me to get their Windows installed <grin>.
R
relic
Ignoramus4791 said:I rarely see a windows computer where Windows was installed by the
user.
I've never seen one that wasn't. (My 11 year old Grandson can do it; he's
been doing it for several years.) Since there are Millions, and Millions of
Windows PCs, Millions are user installed and Millions aren't.