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____/ Attila on Tuesday 09 Mar 2010 14:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Attila on Sunday 07 Mar 2010 06:56 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> PCs for technophobes go head-to-head
>>> <snip>
>>> "Gnu/Linux Desktop for Senior People [sic]"???
>>> I don't see why they bother. There has been a perfectly fine distro
>>> for "seniors" around for years. It's called "Debian" (my preference
> is
>>> for a Testing/Unstable blend).
>>>
>>> This is another of the extremely offensive, patronising views of us
>>> "seniors" that infest the web these days. Do you really need to
> give
>>> them further prominence, Roy? Does this represent your opinion of
> us
>>> "seniors"?
>>
>> That's how they advertise their products. I was trying to come up
> with a
>> polite term and I wrote "senior". Too tactless?
>>
>> - --
>> ~~ Best of wishes
>>
> I appreciate the effort, Roy, but it's not the term "seniors" that's
> the issue. It's the concept that anyone over a given age is mentally
> defective and technophobic and needs to be spoon-feed. Actually,
> people who have been using typewriters don't have any problem with a
> CLI interface. For me at least, using Linux is, in reality, much
> easier than some other OS's. I feel quite comfortable with it and
> always have done.
> Cheers,
> Attila, The Freetard from Hell
I think there are more people in this age group (percentage of them) who
were never exposed to computers, thus the stigma. It's a matter of modern
versus older habits, not mental capacity. Young people can rarely
do things that previous generations master.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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