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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!leasion!leasion!not-for-mail From: mark@leasion.demon.co.uk (Mark Evans) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Date: 14 Apr 1996 23:24:11 GMT Organization: Electronic Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4ks1er$29m@leasion.demon.co.uk> References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <jdd.829261293@cdf.toronto.edu> <yfglok14n5r.fsf@time.cdrom.com> <316ECE94.61162F47@dark.mountain.stronghold> <4kntvi$hmm@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: leasion.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: leasion.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21306 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:573 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3169 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2981 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17264 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45310 Sam E. Trenholme (set@ucsee.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : users have a hard time with the inconsistancy of the user interface. : : One common misconception among Linux advocates is that your average : computer user has the ability to administer a Unix system. Unfortunately, : in the real world, only a small percent of the people out there can do : this with Unix in it's present state. This is one of many reasons why : Windows dominates-- it is technologically inferior to Unix in almost every : aspect, but the tools for installing and administrating it are much easier : for the novice user to use. Bullshit, Windows is not at all easy to administer. Also it is far easier for the user to cock things up, due to there being a lack of file protection.