Re:this guy doesnt give linux credit (Score 1)

I have been a PC technician for several years now, with a solid hardware and software background. While an elite user might not have much difficulty installing or using Linux, you have to think about the majority of users, the technically challenged... people who have problems keeping their VCR's from blinking... "what's a hard disk? is that the crunchy square with the metal door?" "how do I send e-mail?" "my coffee holder is broken." etc... logging into a Linux machine is scary for a novice user... it doesn't have big friendly prompts, or catchy graphics like a windows box or a Mac... my team supports 3500 users here at Goddard, and I would say only about %20 of them could handle Linux... and less then %5 of them would want to... you might say "Well, they should take the time to learn about their 'puter" or "well they should be smart enough to figure it out" or something like that... but remember, while a lot of people use computers now in the work and home environment, most of them are NOT computer people... while the Geeks might make an eventual mass migration to Linux... until Linxu becomes as idiot tolerant as a Mac or a Win98 box... it just isn't going to happen...