Failed Migration to Linux

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 08/11/2012 07:41 PM, David wrote:
> On 8/11/2012 6:58 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> On 08/11/2012 06:22 AM, Tim wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 23:35 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going
>>>> to engage.
>>> Caught me during a moment of waiting for something to happen.  Besides,
>>> my casual typing speed's somewhere around 50 wpm, so it didn't take very
>>> long to type.   ;-)
>>>
>>> Anytime makes a "Windows just works" comment, I roll my eyes.  If you're
>>> lucky, it does.  But for an awful lot of people, it's a right pig's
>>> breakfast or conflicting bits.
>>>
>>>
>> Not to be "late to the party",....but that LAST sentence?....HAD ME IN
>> TEARS......IT WAS TOO FUNNY!...LoL! And why is it when someone complains
>> about Windows in any respect it is said they're "slamming" it? I mean I
>> have used Windows from '95 right up to 7, and even though some of them
>> have been "better" than others, I still have to say that for an OS
>> whether business or home related, it's too full of holes and has more
>> "issues" than any other software I've ever used....there isn't any harm
>> in calling the kettle black....if the KETTLE IS INDEED BLACK..now is
>> there?....just wondering is all.....
>
> I used Windows 2. Along with OS/2 1.0, 2.0, 3.x Warp and through 4.x. Warp.
>
> OS/2 was it and it's problem was that Joe/Jane Average User was not
> skilled enough to set it up. Not meant for home. Linux *used* to be like
> that. You knew it, or learned it, or it might not work. Today is different.
>
>
>
I agree, I had to learn the ropes with Windows or else I had to suffer 
not being able to function not only in the home but the workplace as 
well. Imagine living in this day and age and someone saying they have NO 
IDEA what you're talking about when you tell them you're going to send 
them an Excel Spreadsheet! It would be like having a conversation with 
Fred Flintstone, but it still just seemed to me that every release of a 
Windows OS would be full of glitches, bugs, or things wouldn't work the 
way they were supposed to, now I know the same could be said for Linux 
today, but the difference is that most people who progress to Linux are 
usually people who've tried their best to keep up with the patches, 
Service Packs, and such nonsense that hinders being truly productive for 
long periods of time, and by long periods of time I mean more than a few 
months...I mean YEARS! (Think of people who are only now moving up from 
F15...and we're heading into F18!).....sorry...I think I'm "ranting"....LoL!

EGO II