[ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)

[Charles Shapiro]

Anecdotal .  "The plural of anecdote is not data"

-- CHS


On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> anecdotal.
>
> I like antidotal as used here: "Linux was found to be antidotal for the
> windows plague that held civilization in chains for decades"
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 11:36 -0400, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>> > Antidotal?   Meaning Windows is a poison and Linux is the Antidote?  :p
>>
>> Of course.  But what is the real word?  Sounds like antidotal?
>>
>>
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>> > Damon L. Chesser
>> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:09 AM
>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
>> > Subject: Re: [ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)
>> >
>> > On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 09:52 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> >
>> > > >
>> > > Jim makes a good point.  How many computer users actually install an
>> > > operating system?  I suspect most folks buy a computer with an OS on
>> > it
>> > > and if they do that, there's a very good chance all the hardware will
>> > > work with the software on the system.
>> > >
>> > > On top of that upgrading Linux is far less troublesome than Windows
>> > > since Linux does not often stop support of "legacy" hardware while
>> > > Windows sure does.  Then couple that with the need to have
>> > increasingly
>> > > more memory, HD space, faster CPU with each new version of Windows.
>> > > Granted Linux does sometimes suffer from the same problem, but not
>> > > nearly as much as Windows.
>> > >
>> > > Jim.
>> >
>> > Antidotal story follows:   Sister-in-law in town visiting.  She jumped
>> > on Mother-in-laws laptop to finish a due paper at her university.  I
>> > told her "you know that is not windows you are on?"  She did not.  It
>> > was fedora 13/gnome w/Open Office.  She never heard of OO either, but it
>> > was the only word processor installed so that is what she
>> > (accidentally?) started using.  She was impressed and thought it worked
>> > better then windows/Office combo.  This just happened this weekend.  She
>> > wants to buy a laptop and have me install Linux on it.
>> >
>> > Same story as Mother-in-law who now runs Linux.  Brother-in-law
>> > installed windows and nothing but issues.  I (un-installed windows and)
>> > installed Linux, nothing but smooth computer usage.
>> >
>> > The average user does not, perhaps can not, install windows.  But give
>> > them a Linux installed box, and except for specific use cases, so far,
>> > in my life, they prefer Linux.
>> >
>> > Antidotal story ends.
>> >
>> > So far my statistical analysis clear shows that 100% of users prefer
>> > Linux.
>> > >
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