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"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message 
news:eLvkeQNEIHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> On 10/17/2007 7:49 AM On a whim, dennis@home pounded out on the keyboard
>
>> "caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message 
>> news:uYEggtLEIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> If a a person has no idea what a disc is, let alone a partition, then 
>>> that person
>>> has no business installing an OS. And if they do try without the proper 
>>> backups
>>> and research, then they can't blame the OS no matter if it is 
>>> Linux,Windows or whatever.
>>
>> You can say that if you like but maybe you should try the real world and 
>> see who does get blamed for things like that.
>>
>> Note that I did not say the blame was entirely warranted but that makes 
>> no difference to the user.
>> BTW calling them stupid and thick isn't going to help them think Linux is 
>> OK.. its just going to make them think all Linux users are like Peter and 
>> that will be more black marks.
>>
>> Lets face facts.. if you want Linux to be as successful as windows on the 
>> desktop you are going to have to deal with thick users. You can't get far 
>> unless you do.
>
> The FACTS are, almost ALL Windows installations are pre-installed. Those 
> who have installed additional OS's learned how to do it properly, some by 
> trial and error.  If a system came pre-installed with Linux and a person 
> tried to install Windows, the same thing could easily happen and then the 
> user would be blaming Windows for their loss of data.  The FACTS are that 
> most people don't travel into the realm of setting up multiple OS's.  I'm 
> a consultant and I have 5 OS's on my system and I still don't think I 
> understand fully all there is to know about it.

The facts are that if Linux is to be big on the desktop someone is going to 
have to install it.
That will have to be the user AFAICS.
If you really think Dell or the other small time operators are going to make 
serious in-roads into windows sales then you are going to be dissapointed.
Its this "it would be OK if it were pre installed" attitude that stops the 
solution IMO, no-one wants to fix it because the problem will go away


>
> Those who haphazardly attempt it without doing the research in advance can 
> expect problems.  And if they don't know the basic terms used on computers 
> and are attempting to install an additional OS on their system (without 
> making a backup first), they may not be "idiots", but they're not very 
> smart.

Welcome to the world of computing as used by the masses.
It doesn't help when computer shopper put Linux disks on the cover.