On Friday 02 March 2001 13:42, you wrote:
Julia has no reason to become a technically proficient computer user, as much as that would help her. She has a life. Linux is no making the PROMISE that she can user her computer with all the ease that WinXX offers. Except for her samba problem that may be true, but if she can't get samba to work then Linux is not the OS for here.
my 2 eurocents: i'm using KDE2.1 for two days now, and the way i see it is this: with KDE2, _using_ (and i say _using_) a computer can be as easy as using a windows-computer. setting up a computer, configuring it and maintaining it is something else entirely. with linux, but also with windows. the university i work at uses windows, but they still have a tech support team, because no matter how user-friendly windows is supposed to be, most people here are not able to or even willing to configure and maintain their setup. so, for any company that can afford a tech support or systems administrator, i'd say: check out if linux can work for you. even if you run windows, you'll need some expert to help out if your employees run into trouble. (which they undoubtedly will.) for any home user not willing to dive into samba (and similar) setup files, buy a mac... joost ===== Joost Kremers (Mr.) University of Nijmegen - The Netherlands Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East PO Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen - The Netherlands phone: +31 24 3612996 fax: +31 24 3611972 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/