Re: People just hate Linux
"Alias" <iamalias@gmailREMOVE.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>> "brummyfan" <brummyfan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4382C4E9-C700-4FFB-9674-DA0073B84ACB@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> "xfile" wrote:
>>>
>>>> >They don't want to spend time to learn it so they
>>>> > bring it back to the store.
>>>>
>>>> Without reading the article and assuming the above is quoted from the
>>>> article, just hope Microsoft and MVPs and their diehard supporters
>>>> could
>>>> remember and learn from it and understand that it's a normal behavior
>>>> and
>>>> stop flaming people for being too lazy to learn anything.
>>>>
>>>> It could work for you (as in this case) or against you if you are too
>>>> ignorant to know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:O3grHZCKJHA.4280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> > "Real World" experience shows that new notebooks preinstalled with
>>>> > Linux
>>>> > are returned
>>>> > four times more often than those with Windows. This would indicate
>>>> > what
>>>> > others
>>>> > have already noted, many consumers pick up the cheaper systems and
>>>> then
>>>> > realize that
>>>> > the Linux system is not what they are used to so they return it.
>>>> >
>>>> > The main cause [of the higher return rates for Linux-based
>>>> machines] is
>>>> > Linux.
>>>> > People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what they
>>>> get
>>>> > until
>>>> > they open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start
>>>> > realizing that
>>>> > it's not what they are used to. They don't want to spend time to
>>>> learn > it
>>>> > so they
>>>> > bring it back to the store.
>>>> >
>>>> > Clearly, Windows is far superior to Linux is the "Real World" of
>>>> > computing!
>>>> >
>>>> > Ref: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=557
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They don't want to spend time to learn it so they
>>>> bring it back to the store.
>>>
>>> Exactly, these people want to keep the general public in complete
>>> ignorance
>>> so that they can make huge profits for themselves.
>>> I couldn't find anything difficult in learning Linux system and its a
>>> wonderful system to work on it. I enjoy computing more now than before,
>>> only
>>> regret is "why didn't I switch earlier".
>>
>>
>> Because you couldn't have handled the command line versions?
>>
>>
>
> Perhaps this will help you if you want to use the command line:
>
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/
>
> Alias
Used command line AIX for work.. post that link to somebody who needs it..
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Re: People just hate Linux
Computing is not just Windows and we all have our personal preference for
general use.
Carey was quoting from the article..
Some go back to XP because programs they use are not supported in Vista.
Some go back to XP because they can't find a way to turn UAC off..
Some go back to XP because they do not like change.
Some go back to XP because they have been scared into doing so by all of the
FUD, most of which is old and where many of the early issues have been
fixed..
Perhaps you might like to outline the changes you see as so difficult to
learn in Vista. Where a new Vista user has not heard all of the FUD, there
is a tendency to get along very well with it..
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Re: People just hate Linux
On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:42:02 -0500, Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> "Real World" experience shows that new notebooks preinstalled with Linux
> are returned four times more often than those with Windows. This would
> indicate what others have already noted, many consumers pick up the
> cheaper systems and then realize that the Linux system is not what they
> are used to so they return it.
>
> The main cause [of the higher return rates for Linux-based machines] is
> Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what
> they get until they open the box. They start playing around with Linux
> and start realizing that it's not what they are used to. They don't want
> to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store.
>
> Clearly, Windows is far superior to Linux is the "Real World" of
> computing!
It's a pretty big stretch to reach that conclusion on the basis of what
was said above. Point is - it's a little different and some folks are
afraid of 'newness' - not realizing it would probably take less time for
them to adjust to Linux than to a new MS version.
>
> Ref: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=557
