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"Tom" == Tom Schaefer <netd@fastrans.net> writes: [snip] Tom> One of the things you guys need to be aware of is that there Tom> are some 200 million Microsloth PCs out there, vs 8 - Tom> 20million Linux/Unix systems. The more you can streamline the Tom> install process and refer to things the way people are used Tom> to in Microsloth-land, the more acdeptable your distribution Tom> will be. [snip]

Tom, I completely disagree, here. My big gripe with all the linux manuals, books, etc. is that everything is presented in terms of DOS and ms-windows. I have never used dos or ms-windows.

You are a minority then Connie - no offense ... and even better, you haven't been "conatminated" :)

I haven't a clue what is being made so much clearer by these references. Linux should stand alone as the great operating system it is.

Agree - but in terms of broader acceptance, please be aware that all the unwashed masses know is "Windows 95" thanks to the excellent marketing machine at Microsoft. Ask a non-computer person what computers run now and all they know is "Windows".

The instructions would be clearer and more concise if the comparisons were left out, or put in a separate section (linux for former ms users).

"When we get to The Promised Land ..." :)

The rest of your post was excellant. Thanks for posting it.

Connie Neal

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