The inevitable eventual cost of computers.

[Michael Havens]

$35? Is that wholesale or retail?

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Daniel Stasinski <daniel at avenues.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Wayne Davis
> > Until linux becomes MUCH more plug & play, the
> > "average" consumer will balk.
>
> I used to often have the whole "not ready for primetime" and "for the
> power user" discussion with an old co-worker and the conclusion we
> both came to is that Linux will never be accepted until it *IS*
> Windows.
>
> In the last couple of incarnations of my choice of distribution, every
> piece of random hardware I've plugged in has been plug and play.
> Printers, cards, scanners, webcams, joysticks, and all sorts of USB
> devices.  After an easy install, it was instantly online.  It all just
> works.  For the software, there was indeed a learning curve, but that
> happened with my Commodore Pet, TRS-80 Model I and every computer
> since then.   My now 70 year old parents who are completely computer
> illiterate use it daily for email, browsing, skype and webcam.
>
> For the Windows "Power User," it's probably a good idea to stick with
> Windows, but for almost everyone else, I think Linux is ready for 90%
> of modern computer users.
>
> Daniel
>
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