Michael W Cocke wrote:
Linux is still (and I sincerely hope remains in the future) targeted at people who have some brains and a need for a computer. When they dumb linux down to the point where it really competes with windows for the same target audience, I'm afraid that it will wind up being as useless as windows.
Listen, pal: I work with Unix since 1982. Actually, I started with Unix 7, with a classic AT&T source license. I work with Linux since 1994 when I installed 0.99.4. I earn my money by planning global data centers for mission-critical Unix servers and IBM mainframes of multi-national companies. Don't talk to me about dumbing down computers -- it's quite possible that I have much more experience with big iron computing than you do. And with this 20+ years of experience with Unix and this 10+ years experience with Linux, I can tell you: You're wrong. If somebody complains that 9.3 supported multimedia and 10.0 doesn't, you think you can call him dumb and insult him. I think that just shows your attitude -- and frankly, that attitude is a dumb one. Linux is not `dumbed down' if multimedia and MP3 work out of the box in a *payed-for* *retail* DVD, this is pure and utter garbage. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany