Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/30/07:21:14
On 29 Jan 1997, G.W. Owen wrote:
> mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> :
> : I think it would be much easier for someone to start a "Lets make
> : Linux easier for the end user to use" project.
> :
> It's all those Windows apps that people want to run that sells
> windows. Show me a Linux that runs Word 7 and Excel 7 and you'll have
> one that people outside the computer world will want.
I don't care if people outside the computer world want Linux. In fact
I'm not interested in "converting" anyone at all. I don't care what
OS that others use. My whole point is that some people are frustrated
with their current OS, and would try out Linux if it were easier to
set up/use. Only after *that* do applications come into play. There
are a few commercial apps for Linux, and more on the way every day, so
I don't see it as a big problem. If they ABSOLUTELY have to use
Excel or Word 7, then they should either stay with 3.1 or 95, and
forget about Linux, or else they should dual boot both OS's, OR they
can get WABI.
I don't think that Linux is competing with other OS's, nor do I feel
that it ever will, or that it even WANTS to. It is just *THERE*. If
someone wants to try it, then they can. If it works for them, then
they'll use it. If it is too complicated, then they probably will
give up. If it is easier to use, then they more than likely will
consider it more. That will benefit the rest of the Linux community.
That is all my point is. I'm not getting into an OS war. Linux is
best *FOR ME*. I hope that others will find out what is best *FOR
THEM*, and try out Linux to see if it does what they need.
Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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