____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 17:42 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ John Bailo, Texeme.Construct on Monday 06 August 2007 07:41 : \____
>>
>>> On Aug 5, 2:54 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Poll shows majority favor Vi as their editor of choice
>>>
>>>> Is Simple Software Always Better?
>>>
>>> I was thinking that this weekend when listening to the NYTimes Tech
>>> Talk. Although I mentioned it was fair, they did do the obligatory
>>> bit about "well, OSS if free, so you get what you pay for, no printed
>>> manuals, or 800 support number".
>>>
>>> But then I was thinking -- what about Firefox. The browser is the
>>> most used piece of application software on the planet, bar none.
>>>
>>> Do people have to be trained to use it? Read a book? A manual?
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> The browser correctly implements the presentation style that almost
>>> all people in the world can master easily.
>>>
>>> The web page can range from simple to complex and yet how often do you
>>> hear requests from people to help them "run a web page".
>>
>> Firefox, Apache and Google are excellent poster children and selling points
>> for Linux. Choose one depending on the context of the conversation. :-)
>>
>
> Isn't the idea of just learning from books more than a little dated?
> I've nothing against books, I have over 2,000 of them in my house, but
> they're certainly not the /only/ way to learn.
>
> OLPC XO is, well, a sure alternative, I would say?
I've lives virtually paperless for the past 4 years (unless someone insists on
giving me sheets of paper, which I later scan and throw away).
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~~ Best of wishes
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