tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327973623605086005.post6850609915443701208..comments2007-11-21T18:59:31.360-05:00delcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17317245124204729213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327973623605086005.post-45696495057641317112007-11-21T18:59:00.000-05:002007-11-21T18:59:00.000-05:00Again,<BR/><BR/>Yes I agree with all of you. I just wanted to make the point that most non-computer people even know what Linux is, but all non-Computer people have at least heard of Windows.<BR/><BR/>I know it is not apples to apples, but I just want to see it on the Machines coming out of the OEMs.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your comments.<BR/><BR/>DelcoDelcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028753074548711299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327973623605086005.post-45277193553742836482007-11-21T17:24:00.000-05:002007-11-21T17:24:00.000-05:00Hello, Rafael<BR/><BR/> I just read your letter, some things I agree with, some things I don't , but I just wanted to say two things. First, the whole linux world is maturing and getting better 10 times faster than Windows ever did. I think that Windows first came out in 1887, it was a disaster, not until Win 3.0 around 1990, did it begin to be OK. By comparison, Linus Torvalds started this thing back in 1991, and because he offered it to the world, this linux thing has grown tremendously in just 16 short yrs. I see big improvements with every new version of Fedora, and Suse, and Ubuntu.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the second thing I wanted to tell you is : That thing you said #8, About getting a MS Office equivalent for linux, well I use OpenOffice, and I think it is excellent. It is free, it is getting better with each new version, and they started just about 4 yrs ago.<BR/><BR/>That was just my 2-cents. :)Eddie Colonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06869563226986450195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327973623605086005.post-87089388918334865872007-11-16T14:22:00.000-05:002007-11-16T14:22:00.000-05:00To the last commenter, you obviously missed the tongue in cheek gist of my comment, in that while I did set up the computer for my mom, if the goal would be to make is so easy my mom can do it, then Linux would make huge inroads. So yes if you take the blog post totally literal you are correct, but it was not meant to be totally literal. Anyway thanks for your comment I appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>DelcoDelcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028753074548711299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327973623605086005.post-12189035002548601442007-11-16T12:43:00.000-05:002007-11-16T12:43:00.000-05:00There is a glaring incongruity in your post. Is your mother in the habit of setting up wireless networks, configuring samba, installing printers and complaining endlessly about the profusion of Linux distros? If she's like most 75 year old mothers I know, she gets one of her children to setup her computer for her. Then she goes about her computing way with nary a thought to what it took to get there.<BR/><BR/>Linux is there for people like your Mom and it has been for some time. It just needs to be set up like any other computer. Show me a 75 year old Mom who brings home a PC from Staples and plugs it in by her self, and I'll show you PC Zombie.<BR/><BR/>You could have left out the part about Linux being ready for your Mom. Then your post would have had at least some integrity, but not much.kozmcraehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03477116396443886503noreply@blogger.com