[Tfug] Linux is NOT Windows

[Matthew T. Eskes]

I still don't know what all this bitching's about. To be  absolutely 
honest, I  *still* use Windows on my Desktop and laptop. The only 
machines I run linux on nowadays are my servers. To me, every OS has its 
place and it's up the person who uses and admins the systems to keep 
them clean and running correctly. Thats just my two cents worth.

Matt

Rich Smit wrote:
> Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
>   
>> Interesting take on this ... paragraphs are from near the end of the article:
>>     
>
> I agree mostly with the part you posted and other areas, but it could 
> use some editing:
>
> 1. The Firefox/IE analogy is incorrect: Firefox achieved its current 
> market share initially by its association with the "Netscape" word, and 
> later on by not being the people of Troy saying "A horse! Awesome!"
>
> 3. "They don't owe you anything" is just another way of saying "I'd 
> demand a refund if I were you". They both mean "Go away".
> 3b. Saying "Everybody knows this" is just another way of saying 
> "Everybody ought to know this", only *more* elitist!
>
> 5b. He talks about MS Word being inefficient whilst ignoring Open Office 
> Writer.
>
> 6. In denying that X copied Microsoft, he implies Microsoft copied X to 
> produce Windows. And people who don't know about evolution shouldn't 
> talk about evolution -- "sharks evolved from fish", excuse me?! The 
> whole "convergent evolution" analogy is complete junk, because of 
> *course* there's been design influence on both sides.
>
> Aside from that, the whole article is too wordy and doesn't offer any 
> help other than a few soothing words marked "solutions".
>
> I suspect most readers fall into three groups:
> a) people who know nothing about OSs and call them "programs" and have 
> been referred here by c)
> b) people who're thinking about switching to Linux
> c) people who were asked for help from b) or a)
>
> And on reading this article, a) and b) are probably only going to learn 
> one thing: that they can only ask c) for support! Not what c) wants...
>
> Maybe with help from a few tfuggers and a wiki, we could come up with a 
> stronger, more concise piece. The solutions could be replaced with real 
> solutions, like exercises to testdrive the portable Firefox and see how 
> it's different from IE; and links to some beginners' help forums.
>
> R.
>
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