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Article #217Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: Peter Köhlmann
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:56
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:56
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caver1 wrote: > dennis@home wrote: >> < snip > >>> There's also an option to use free space. >>> caver1 >> >> This issue is down to what the target market for Linux is. >> If it is to take over the desktop then it has to be targeted at the >> level of a moron so that almost anyone can install it without getting >> unfixable problems. >> This means you can't assume the user understands what a disk is.. after >> all a lot of people think the case is a CPU. >> >> This is Linux's biggest problem.. too many developers and users over >> estimate the knowledge of their target users. >> Until the developers sort out the installation routines Linux will not >> be mass market as it still relies on someone being able to download it >> and install it. >> Making it so that only ~5% of users can install it without problems >> stops the ~95% from using it. >> Linux developers haven't even worked out that users don't read manuals >> by the sound of it. >> >> Having worked in the telecoms industry I can assure you that you can >> *never* underestimate how dumb users are (well at least a lot of them). >> > > > 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 are talking to dennis the "MD5 guru" In short, it can't get any dumber and more clueless than him -- Law of Probable Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
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From: Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@t-online.de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.os.linux.advocacy,24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Subject: Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:56:22 +0200
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