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Skriven 2005-08-24 03:47:00 av ROBERT FOWLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CHARLES ANGELICH
Ärende: Re: Vocabulary ?
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-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to ALAN ZISMAN <=-

 AZ> This echo has clearly outgrown its original WIN95 focus,
 AZ> adding W98/ME and then WNT/2000/XP questions, without it
 AZ> seeming TOO out of place.

 CA> My impression (for what it's worth) has been that
 CA> questions/comments pertaining to Win95 receive a collective
 CA> groan and comments that the person is out of date and should
 CA> upgrade to XP.

 Depending on what the user intends, that may be the prudent
 advice.  There have certainly been positive discussions here
 of Win95; I believe that Alan was using it not long ago.

 AZ> I've tended to be prepared for discussions of alternative
 AZ> operating systems and computing platforms if: -- they are
 AZ> of interest to Windows-users (or at least some
 AZ> Windows-users)-- in other words, a discussion of whether I,
 AZ> a Windows user, could be using an alternative platform to
 AZ> do the work that I do on Windows may be of interest, or how
 AZ> a Linux boot-CD can be used to repair a Windows PC. -- they
 AZ> are (more or less) fact-based -- they are not bashing one
 AZ> platform or the other... -- they don't develop a life of
 AZ> their own and go on forever and ever!

 AZ> I would get uneasy if this echo-area started having
 AZ> discussions of (for instance) the detailed support that
 AZ> Linux or Mac users need, (just as much as Windows users)--
 AZ> that's what the LINUX areas are for. But some relatively
 AZ> short threads about what Linux distributions the
 AZ> Windows-users here are trying, and what they think of them
 AZ> may be OK.

 CA> I tend to consider the opinions of Windows users regarding any
 CA> Linux distribution to be the opinions of newbies at Linux.

 I guess you haven't paid close attention.  There are adept Linux
 users here, including Ross.  Even so, the nature of some of the
 more recent distros (GUIs, wizards, dialog boxes, etc.), makes
 mastery of the subsystem much less necessary.
 
 CA> The same comments in the LINUX echo might illicit comments from
 CA> more experienced Linux users as to the validity of the newbies
 CA> observations?

 You mean scorn, like you received about DOS? :-)  If that's an
 indication of the relevance of the response, I suppose you've
 answered your own question. ;-)  From what I've gathered, that
 group is as ignorant about what they call "bloated" distros as
 they are about Windows.

 AZ> I'd like to see some comments from other WIN95-readers...
 AZ> what would you like to see (and not see) in this echo-area?
 AZ> If we can develop some sort of concensus, I would be happy
 AZ> to moderate around it-- and even to try to stick to it
 AZ> myself!

 CA> I don't envision this echo as the multi-boot echo nor a place
 CA> to gather advice as to what Linux distibution is 'best'. I read
 CA> this echo to learn more about Windows (all versions after W31).

 There are users here (especially those with networks, i.e., multiple
 systems) who may find Linux a cost effective alternative to multiple
 copies of Windows.  These users may not necessarily abandon Windows,
 but may choose to integrate the two platforms, especially considering
 that Linux supports Windows networks, and that there may be tasks
 they need that can't be performed with Linux, or vice versa.

 I do agree with Alan and CS though, that some Windows relationship
 to the thread should exist.

 Regards,

 Robert Fowler



 

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