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   From: John Fitzsimons    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:15:59 +1100   
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   On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:47:57 -0600, Topaz_Crow   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:35:36 GMT, bigjon  wrote:   
      
   < snip >   
      
   >>> New users are not attracted by being told they must type   
       
   >>> snurge/xvgtr -i -P -n   
       
   >>> instead of just clicking on an icon.   
      
   Exactly right. It is a pity most Linux users cannot understand such a   
   simple concept.   
       
   >>> Every time we say that to a newcomer, we are saying: Hey, it's just like    
   >>> they keep saying. Windows IS easier than Linux.   
      
   Yep.   
       
   >>> Do you recall those tv ads for the early Macs that showed someone at an    
   >>> MSDOS machine typing   
       
   >>> c:\programs\snicketyboo\getup.com   
       
   >>> and then showed the owner of the Mac Classic just clicking his    
   >>> single-button mouse on the image. Sold a fair few Macs, that did.   
      
   Rightly so.   
       
   >>> Users WANT it easy.    
      
   Yep.   
      
   < snip >   
      
   >This is where some will disagree with you. Are we trying to turn Linux   
   >into a dumbed down free version of Windows just for the sake of a few   
   >users?    
      
   < snip >   
      
   Few users ? There are far more people with windows machines at home   
   and/or at work than Linux systems. Your misrepresenting things doesn't   
   IMO help the Linux cause any.   
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