On 2007-10-11, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <hvr0u4-ekq.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > What was said at the time is that 'Computer God' (Mossberg) tends to slam
>> > everything other than Apple and what brought criticism was the fact that he
>> > criticised Ubuntu for not handling an iPo^H^H^H^Hd the way he expected or
>> > wanted.
>> >
>>
>> Interesting that he had a poke at Cola, though. Clearly, we're rather
>> more widely read than some folk imagine.
>
> Mossberg didn't have a poke at COLA. He didn't even mention COLA. It was
> the article *about* Mossberg that mentioned COLA. What it said was:
>
> So, should we be crying foul? Should we be accusing The Goatberg of
> FUDMeistery? Write a few thousand lines of foaming at the mouth
> invective on comp.os.linux.advocacy and hang Mossberg in effigy?
I dunno.
I find the fact that I can't pull content out of an iPod with iTunes
a far bigger problem than the fact that it might be difficult to setup something
on Linux to do the same thing.
Impossible vs. Difficult.
>
> No, because the Goatberg speaks the truth. What he says about lots
> of complications and hassles and workarounds gets to the real heart
> of the problem with desktop Linux adoption. As early adopters and
The man has blinders on. He's drunk on the Cuppertino cool-aid.
> power users, we are willing to deal with these problems in order to
> benefit from Linux's greater reliability and performance. But the
> reality is the majority of end users would have extreme difficulty
> in migrating to a current Linux desktop without lots of extra help
> from a skilled IT professional, and even then he still might not be
> able to completely adapt.
The majority of end users have a problem dealing with ANY desktop,
including the one that shipped with the computer they're currently running.
This is a longterm effect of treating Windows users like total, blithering
idiots and telling them a PC (or even a Mac) can be a toaster.
After years of beind discouraged from exploring their own Windows
based PC's I am not sure the average novice could handle even a Mac.
Web browsing is no longer an abstract thing.
Extracting or compressing audio is no longer an abstract thing.
Creating documents is no longer an abstract thing.
The entire potential benefit of GUI's in general is gone.
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Sure, I could use iTunes even under Linux. However, I have |||
better things to do with my time than deal with how iTunes doesn't / | \
want to play nicely with everyone else's data (namely mine). I'd
rather create a DVD using those Linux apps we're told don't exist.
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