Linked by Mystilleef on Mon 29th Sep 2003 06:30 UTC
Linux Linux will become ubiquitous in the year 3000. Okay, that was a horrible joke. Linux is just a kernel, the engine that runs an operating system. By itself, it is essentially useless. Kernels shouldn't be discussed or noticed by normal users. And as such when providing these users with reviews, previews and "professional" opinions, computer consultants, computer reviewers and computer journalists should not spew headlines like "Linux is not ready for prime time", "Linux on the desktop by XXX", "Linux to takeover Windows", "Linux is not ready for desktop" and so on.
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Re: Bumsfeld (Windows documentation)
by WorknMan on Mon 29th Sep 2003 19:39 UTC

They may be some issues with Linux, but if you'd ever had to use the Microsoft documentation/help, you'll know that the Linux documentation is one of the best available.

This point is made moot by the fact that most Windows users don't even bother with the documentation - they'll bother the closest person to them who 'knows about computers.' For example, if my parents have problems with their PC, they call me ;)