Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: Bootscreen | Date | Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:53:47 +0200 |
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On 29 January 2003 21:52, Balram Adlakha wrote: > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 20:16, you wrote: > > Yeah, dude, let's dumb down our users... don't allow them > > to become curious and start learning. > > > > Grown up, mature people are scared when they see letters > > and numbers on the screen? On what planet am I? > > > > And if someone *is* scared and totally non-curious, well... > > do you want to have such a user? /me not. > > yes they do get scared!!! > Alright I guess they are not mature... > So 95% of all people are not mature... > > So linux is only for the remaining 5%?
This presumes that people don't change. They do, especially younger ones. Linux gives them a chance.
I am sure you have seen Windows generation geeks: even those who can potentially learn did not do that because Windows did not let them do that.
Bootscreen blocked it all. -- vda 3307 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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