Used to be: Re: Linux in business

Craig White wrote:
...
> your Grandmother user, cheap, unknowledgeable is going to create files
> that she can't find and might very well appreciate pop-up porn. As for

They'll most likely be in /home/Gramma/Desktop or thereabouts, no worse
than c:\Documents and Settings\Gramma\Desktop, but they won't end up in
c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\temp. - Grams
can get her pr0n easily enough in any case.

> Apple following the app-selling model...what apps?

I dunno, videoconferenced bridge, majhong, pinochle maybe? My aunt may
or may not download code for her sewing machine from usenet - I'm not
saying ;-)

>Anyway, Apple has the
> eMac for the under $1000 crowd
WinTel has whitebox goodies for the under $400 crowd. I think Dell is
running TV ads now for a $300 box after mail-in rebate, and that's with
the MS tax included.
...
> ---
> The way apps are installed doesn't allow you to choose where they are
> installed (OS X) - it's truly another Apple over-simplification that
> ends up cheating the end user and of course, there is no 'un-installer'
> application (still).

I haven't tried moving apps around, but sticking the whole shootin'
match into /Application/SomeCrap.App prevents dll-hell or the
Linux-flavored dependency problems. The uninstaller is the best part,
but I guess it could use a GUI:
"sudo rm -rf /Applications/GotTiredOfThis.App"

>
> As for anyone taking a large chunk of any of Microsoft's revenues, only
> stockholders and employees of Microsoft would hate to see this happen.
> The rest of the world is not indifferent to this. Apple has had ample
> opportunity to do this and has consistently blundered.

True enough.

Steve