On Thursday 31 January 2002 04:42 pm, you wrote:
* David M (dmcglone@edificationweb.com) [020131 12:24]: ->On Thursday 31 January 2002 12:57 pm, you wrote: ->> Which is why if WinANYTHING is in the subject of the mail or if the ->> mail has anything to do with Windows on this list. I automatically ->> delete it. I firmly believe that this is a Linux list...and I shall -> -> -><snip> help no one with Windows issues..even dual booting.</snip> -> ->I think you should make an exception to this rule. Think about it, your ->only helping Windows. -> ->I am not asking for a flame or anything of any kind, I just want you to ->realize if people cannot get dual boot running, then how do you convince ->them to use linux and still give them the comfort of mind knowing they ->still have Windows to fall back on in case things go bad? -> ->Ben, Think about it.
I have thought about it. And I'm not saying anyone else has to do or have the attitude that I do. All I was saying is that *I* won't help anyone with Windows. To me it's like giving a heroin addict another shot because it makes them feel ok..but it doesn't help them in the slightest bit. I don't have time for it either. I will help a person get Linux running and to find apps that will do what they need to do
<snip>but I won't help them with Microsoft products.</snip> I understand this. No one is under any obligation to help anyone with anything.
<snip>I will add this. Giving someone the comfort to have Windows to
fall
back on in my opinion doesn't give them any reason to buckle down and learn Linux or anything else.</snip>
The reason I said this is because you have to learn to crawl before you can walk. I remember when I first started out with linux, man did I have guts doing things I had no idea what I was doing. I sat at the computer for countless hours shaking in my chair when I made changes to partitions, etc.....but I always kept in mind that I had Windows to fall back on to be able to get on the internet and look up information to fix anything that might break and to have access to E-mail to ask people questions. there's a big difference between knowing who you are, and knowing where you came from and i'll never forget where I came from. It gives them the out to say well " this
crap doesn't work, so screw it. " When it is in fact them who hasn't grasped how it works. I helped a buddy of mine on 4 seperate occasions redo his dual booted machine because the 1st three times he got pissed off and formatted everything off his machine and just put Windows back on..after the last time which was #4 I told him ..
after 3 times don't you think he would have the known how to do it himself? no more. I won't
waste my time with this..if you want to run Windows..do it, but don't bother me with this and don't bitch at me when Windows blows up and you loose data. Which is what caused him to look at Linux in the first place because I had never experienced his level of data loss with Linux.
I have no sympathy for Windows users laziness and willingness to eat what they are fed. This is just my attitude after years and years of this stuff. :)
I can also understand this, but does "trying" constitute as "laziness" -- David M. AIM: dmcglone27 ICQ: 96210352 dmcglone@edificationweb.com Edification Web Solutions http://www.edificationweb.com