[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 03:36:01PM +0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> They just want their school and student computers to continue to
> work. And why not? Thus I say let them continue to use what everyone
> else uses. WinXP

better to give them something that works and works reliably & securely.

Windows' much vaunted superior "ease-of-use" comes solely from the fact
that people are used to it, and most people are reluctant to change - a
very common attitude is "it was very hard to learn windows over the last
few years, i don't want to go through that again with a new OS".

the fact that software like linux - or mac os - works logically and
*consistently*, so is actually easier to learn, and the fact that much
of the general usage knowledge they've already learnt will directly
transfer doesn't change that attitude at all. they don't believe it, any
more than they believe that it's possible for a computer system to be
secure or not crash.  Microsoft has lowered the bar of expectation and
now users think that it's *NORMAL* for computers to crash all the time.

that's one of the things i dislike most about microsoft - that they
have made people think it's normal and acceptable for computers to be
unreliable garbage, when they don't have to be.




there's a chance here for users in the Phillipines (and other countries)
to get used to a decent OS rather than MS's insecure & unreliable
rubbish.


craig

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