Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: dennis
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:51

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"caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message 
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> dennis@home wrote:
>>
>> "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.
>
>
> I guess I do live in a fantasy world. Never have even thought about the 
> real world.

Well if you think the user isn't going to blame the OS then you may? ;-)

> Where in my posts have you ever found me insulting someone?

Sorry that was a generic thing having had experience of how friendly some 
Linux advocates are.
I didn't mean to apply it to you and I should have been more clear in the 
way I said it.

> The biggest thing wrong in this world is that most people do not want to 
> take
> responsibility for their own actions. That way they don't have to learn or 
> take care of themselves.
> caver1

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