Quoting Jacqueline Urick (jacque at fruitioninc.com): > "sysadminitis". Linux is a great OS. It is geek-spectaular and all that. The > problem is that I'm not a sysadmin, nor do I ever want to be one. Blasphemer! Don't want to be an admin! :-P > I'm a Luser that just wants the stuff I use on a daily basis to work... Thus running linux can help. Once you get it installed, it just works. > work together. I want to be able get everything installed and up in running > with minimal effort. I think I speak for many many people when I say this. > Many argue, "well all the doc is there, RTFM". What if I don't want to RTFM > because I have other stuff to do that I feel is more important to me? Call Real Time? ;-) > Since I first started playing with Linux, it has improved greatly in the > "install and work" department, but it still has a ways to go. I definitely > want to see linux succeed, but programmers who are serious about seeing linux > to mainstream really need to address this issue. Linux also needs some better > pr. PR, the magic word. It's been something we have been struggling with at Real Time, never seems to get it just right. But I digress. One of the problem with computers (but Linux and Windows, heck all other OSs) is that they are simple things that people can "just plug in" and it works. I blame MS for this. And frankly, it's not true. I like to use the car analogy. It's pretty "simple". Almost everyone has one. But how many people work on their cars? Not many. Heck, I don't even change my own oil. I take it to a _professional_ and they do it right, they do it in 20 mins or less and it cost me $21.95. I'm not a car mechanic; a car repair professional, so I take my car to a professional. The time and effort it would take me to chain my own oil would cost me for more then $21.95. Why should you do any less for your computer? If you aren't an admin (car mechanic) take your computer (car) to a professional (Real Time) for service. I'm I the only one that see the market like this? More relationships: I can use a shovel, I can dig a ditch, but I didn't install my sprinkler system. I can use a hammer, I can use nails, I even know how to use a saw, but I didn't build my fence. I'm a graphic artists, I design web sites, therefore I can install, configure and -secure- my corporate web site. Eh? -- Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9