__/ [ yttrx ] on Friday 02 March 2007 05:26 \__
> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Now it's from the BBC.
>>
>> It seems to me that something that Linux folks have been saying for a
>> long, long time is now being demonstrated....
>>
>> ...MS enthusiasts have often claimed that (paraphrasing) "Linux will never
>> catch on, because it's too difficult to install", and often the response
>> has been "That's because people rarely install Windows - their machines
>> come pre-installed".
>>
>> It has always been asserted that a truer test would be to get somebody
>> (The "my wife" experiment) who was new to each to install both as a
>> comparison.
>>
>> Now what we are seeing is people who are very familiar with Windows (the
>> equivalent of the "linux geeks") themselves having as much or more trouble
>> with Vista than your average Joe has installing Linux!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6407419.stm
>
> OSX is easier than both.
It's also easier hammering a nail with a rock than it is with your fist. How
much hardware does OS X run on...?
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