The first officially-released build of Windows XP SP3 has surfaced, with 1073 patches/hotfixes and several new features. This build has been made available to testers as a part of the Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 beta program and is available in English, German, and Japanese.
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Member since:2005-11-12
i dont see the point buff. how you can say that is easy insert an cd chose the installer or do several click on the next button against only select the package on linux distros today without do next,next next.
Maybe my experiences working for marketing companies has messed with the way I see things. You need to think like a newbie or a non-technical Windows user. People are used to opening the installer and clicking next, next, okay. Opening the packaging manager is absolutely easier but, and here is the major point, it is *foreign* to the average Windows user. People that are used to using something in a specific way don't like to change. This might sound ridiculous but it is the core reason why people stick to Windows i.m.o. That reason and also the fact that they can't download or buy TurboTax at the computer store and run it exactly the same way as it runs on Windows without tinkering. These really seem like ridiculous reasons but if you have ever worked in a computer store you would see what I mean. When I worked as a salesperson people would ask me if XYZ piece of software worked on Windows. I would have to explain it is a Macintosh computer and runs Macintosh software. People would look at me and say, "So it doesn't run Windows?" Honestly, that would happen to me at least several times a week.
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2007-10-07
i dont see the point buff.
how you can say that is easy insert an cd chose the installer or do several clic on the next button against only select the package on linux distros today without do next,next next.
I understand that the average user has some fears to try linux, and they already don't know windows, and they dont want to know. but that's not the point here.