__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 28 August 2006 08:46 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 23 August 2006 12:14 \__
>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Microsoft Corp. Tuesday kicked off its Get Net Safe tour in Phoenix to
>>>> | help people be safe and secure on the Internet.
>>>
>>> It would be fun to go picket them with penguin and "Safe Computing?
>>> Buy a Mac" signs.
>>
>> Rather than educate the public, Microsoft confuses people. It makes them
>> narrow minded by controlling their exposure to altenatives (OEM's, media,
>> schools and so on). How many Linux newbie do you know who ask about
>> malware and anti-virus software, or the absence of scandisk.exe and
>> defrag.exe? Earlier today I got the following message by E-mail (just a
>> snippet):
>>
>> "Too many things are not there. I want my Desktop and My
>> Documents and My Pictures and my Music. I have it all saved
>> on my external drive. I see no Start, Search, Control Panel,
>> Add/Delete Programs."
>>
>> So he's new to the world of Linux and he thinks that computing=Windows.
>> The terminology is very narrow to him and he cannot grasp the fact that
>> Linux is not Windows. Linux is done better--or conversely--Windows is a
>> poor UNIX/Linux implementation.
>
> Personally, I find the nursery language of "my pictures" and "my
> documents" to be, well, utterly childish. Who is "my" anyway? If /I/
> wanted to call something mine, /I/ would do it, so clearly, they must be
> someone else's, someone who's too childish to write "mark's pictures".
>
> I also suspect that this is influenced by the single-user approach of
> Windows. You can only use "I" if you're the only user...
The "My" was dropped in Longhorn, around 2005 IIRC. And I agree. It's
childish and unprofessional. I mean, whose computer is it anyway? Are you so
paranoid that invasion from the ourside is suddenly assumed (e.g. hijackers,
users on local network with deficient file permissions system)?
I still find it amusing that my Supervisor stores merely everything under "My
Documents". And guess what? The subdirectory is "My Publications" (added by
the user) contains most of the material. *LOL* Ironically, rarely is he the
first author.
Best wishes,
Roy
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