Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: caver1
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:46

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