Re: Question about the number of Apple users vs Mac users

["Ernest" <ernestls@home.com>]

"Barry Allen" <TheFlash@fast.net> wrote in message
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> In article <Ex4d7.4254$vW2.1342450@news1.sttln1.wa.home.com>, "Ernest"
> <ernestls@home.com> wrote:
>
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> > It's to geeky for my Mother, or my boss but not for kids (the future) or
> > college students, or large corporations, or biotech firms, etc..
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> Don't get me wrong here Ernest, I think Linux is major cool. I'm a BSD guy
> myself. My wildest dream is for it to catch on *big time*. Big enough that
> even Microsoft feels the pain. (Oh God, wouldn't that be a wonderful thing
> to see?)

No, I understood what you were saying, and I agreed. Linux can be extremely
tedious to use if you're not used to it. It can be hard to use when you're
used to Windows (like I am.) I have mixed feelings on how this should be
dealt with. I'm a network admin, and I would love to move Linux or BSD into
our office, on the server level primarily but I don't feel confident enough
in my mastery of it to take the risk of possible downtime while I learn. I
know several admins that are in the same boat. Linux is different enough
that a Windows person has to basically relearn everything to be able to
administer it under pressure. If Linux is going to move heavily into a
WinServer environment, should it be more WinUser friendly? My first thought
is "of course not" but at the same time, it would sure be easier to
integrate into a server environment.

> My only point is that if nothing else, it has a long way to go in
> "mindshare", as far as how the general computing world (the Best Buy
> shoppers for computers and software) see it as a viable alternative to the
> garbage Microsoft churns out.

Yes, I agree, and after this whole code red worm business, I am even more
exasperated with M$. I love how the news media describes the problems as
"internet virus" or "internet worms" rather than Microsoft worms or virus'.
I have never understood how Microsoft was able to escape that label.
Everyone knows that it's MS products that these bugs are designed to
attack -why not call them what they really are -Windows problems. It's not
Linux, or OS400, or any of the other network OS' that are being exploited by
these worthless virus writing scum.