Re: [tlug] Japan Times Article on Linux

["A. Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 05:39:51PM +0200, Martin Baehr wrote:
> 
> well, the point is that this is simply the situation that linux has to
> face. in order to beat windows, linux must not only be as easy to
> install as windows, it must be even easier.
> 
> windows has an advantage that can not be argued away, to even out that
> in the long run it must be easier to install linux, than it is to
> upgrade windows.

And I am sure that it is easier. Off course, its easy for me to say
it, but I say that from the point of view of long time Windows users.

Windows XP still has the same BSOD installer that NT had, at least
during the first and longest phase. Compare that to something like
Mandrake's or RedHat's installer.

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A. Sajjad Zaidi
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