--- On Thu, 11/25/10, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
On 11/25/10 7:00 PM, Patrick Bartek
wrote:
> --- On Thu, 11/25/10, Bill Davidsen<davidsen(a)tmr.com>
wrote:
>
>> Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>> Another reason, I'm looking for Long Time
Support in
>> my next OS.
>> I stayed on FC4 for similar reasons, until I could
go to
>> better hardware and
>> FC13, and I still run XP in a VM for one
application. I
>> know where you are
>> coming from.
> Sadly, people like us are nearly extinct. Today,
the self-esteem of the majority seems directly proportional
to the newness of want they own.
>
True. Or they are forced to buy new to 'keep up with
the Joneses'. Not
Those types have always been around. Although, there's no "forcing"
involved. It's a competitive, almost pathological, need, I think. Totally
irrational.
a good place to be. I remember 'slow down' programs
when the higher
speed 386s were released so that the program would not run
stupidly fast.
However, I believe that being a 'sheeple' is not the way to
go. Sure
Windows7 has some whiz-bang stuff in it, but I've been
enjoying the same
things with a Mac for years.
I still have been unable to get an rational answer as to why Windows 7 needs 20 GB(!)
just to install. Never mind the applications. What miraculous things does W7 do that it
requires so much space? No Windows user seems to know. Or care. Well, I don't care
either, but I do wonder. ;-)
The only thing that Linux has to overcome is people's fear
that they
will loose essential functionality by switching from
Windows to Linux.
I don't see this unless they are (stupidly) Access addicts
and that is
being addressed as well.
I think the primary reason Windows users stay with Windows, even though they constantly
complain about its shortcomings, is it's familiar, and they dread learning something
different. Fear of the unknown is a pretty big phobia to overcome. The other reason is
that few consumers have ever heard of Linux. They're not going to try it if they
don't know it exists. It may run on their smartphone or multimedia appliance or the
server that they stream the latest tunes or videos from, but they don't know that.
B