Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: Snit
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:39

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"Rick" <none@nomail.com> stated in post 13hee7ebru8sn95@news.supernews.com
on 10/18/07 3:43 AM:

> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:24:13 +0100, dennis@home wrote:
> 
>> "Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message
>> news:uOSdnfizv4RUE4vanZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> 
>> 
>>> And honestly, I find "...this will destroy all data..." to be more than
>>> clear enough. If someone can't understand the meaning of that I wonder
>>> if they should be allowed to operate a toaster...nevermind actually
>>> installing an operating system.
>> 
>> Well yes its perfectly clear as long as you know what "data" is. So even
>> a simple statement like that is assuming the user is computer literate.
>> I can easily see people thinking "well I didn't buy any data so I don't
>> have any to destroy".
>> Its easy to make assumptions when you know about a subject.
> 
> If a person is that illiterate, that person should not install an
> operating system. Period. Not Windows. Not OS X. Not Linux. That person
> should take his box to a store or a technician or someone that know what
> they are doing.

A challenge Linux has that OS X and Windows do not is that most people who
use Linux do not have a machine with the OS pre-installed.


-- 
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
--Albert Einstein

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