[ale] Inferior/Superior? (Was: BURNING A LIVE CD)

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 16:43 -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Which raises the question...
> 
> Why would anyone use this operating system, when it can't do such
> fundamental things?


Well, I don't know.  Wait, yes, I do?

When I was in Toledo over Christmas, I put Linux on one of my parents
systems, since it needed to be wiped for legal reasons anyway.  My dad
uses the system, though my mom doesn't; she still uses the other Windows
computer that they have (as well as their AOL service... *cough*).

Anyway, I asked her why, and she said, "Well, I just know AOL...".
Though, I know that she knows Firefox, GAIM, and Evolution, because she
was successfully using all three without a formal introduction to them.
I suppose it is just fear.  Maybe it's also a little bit of a lack of
motivation compounded by a lack of knowledge.  I don't know.

But that second system will be wiped the next time I'm up there... :-)

    -- Mike

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