Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:07:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> Okay, first off, if you are just getting into Linux, you are not a
> "user"--not yet.
> You are a systems administrator--if you are working alone on your own not-
> networked computer.

The same is true about any Windows user.  You've got a system whose
complexity is mind-boggling, whose internals are notoriously
undocumented, and whose undocumented ``secrets'' has spawned a whole
bunch of thick books.

I'm at a loss how people can call *this* ``user-friendly''.