Linked by Adam S on Sun 6th Apr 2003 17:18 UTC
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
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The worst thing that Windows has done to the computing world is automating everything. When a user can't figure something out and there's no "Wizard" to do it for you, well then the program is broken and the user goes no farther.
Bullsh*t. Do you rewire your VCR everytime you want to record something off the TV and not just playback? Do you open your fridge's back port to change its temperature? Do you sacrifice a goat to change a channel on your TV?
Computers are today a commodity.
Therefore, they need to be automated as much as it is possible. If Windows does that better than XYZ, then good for them. If Linux doesn't, then do not except it to have the kind of migration and switching from Windows users that it _could_ have if Linux could compete in that area. Linux _will_ continue to live as a technical/geek OS, but DO NOT except it to be widely adopted until this and other such shortcomings are fixed.