Saw Linux in a business, part II
Snit
get his glasses fitted, etc., I talked with some of the employees and asked
them what they thought of the Linux systems they were using... and I did
double check, it is Linux.
The said they hated it. It was not friendly, always had to be fixed, and
each computer was different. They then had more customers come in, so I did
not get details.
Keep in mind, of course, that people *love* to bitch about computers - any
OS - and that they may have merely been talking about the specific
program(s) they use, they did not strike me as technical folks from the
wording they used.
Peter Köhlmann
> Went back to the business which was using Linux. While my friend went to
> get his glasses fitted, etc., I talked with some of the employees and
> asked them what they thought of the Linux systems they were using... and I
> did double check, it is Linux.
>
> The said they hated it.
I am sure of that, really
> It was not friendly, always had to be fixed,
Yes, that seems to be the case, really
> and each computer was different. They then had more customers come in,
> so I did not get details.
>
Naturally not. Otherwise one could dissect them, one by one. Can't have that
> Keep in mind, of course, that people *love* to bitch about computers - any
> OS - and that they may have merely been talking about the specific
> program(s) they use, they did not strike me as technical folks from the
> wording they used.
Oh, they were Mac users? That explains it. Those guys tend to be liars,
technically totally inept and generally absolutely clueless
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Sandman
Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> wrote:
> > Keep in mind, of course, that people *love* to bitch about computers - any
> > OS - and that they may have merely been talking about the specific
> > program(s) they use, they did not strike me as technical folks from the
> > wording they used.
>
> Oh, they were Mac users? That explains it. Those guys tend to be liars,
> technically totally inept and generally absolutely clueless
When did you get a Mac, Peter?
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A Nengineer
>>They then had more customers come in,...
> ...one could dissect them, one by one....
Sicko.
Rick
Snit... why don't go try to start fights somewhere else?
--
Rick
C Lund
Peter Kohlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Oh, they were Mac users? That explains it. Those guys tend to be liars,
> technically totally inept and generally absolutely clueless
Grow up, kid.
--
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund
Peter Köhlmann
> In article <d0aaqp$ivc$00$1...@news.t-online.com>,
> Peter Kohlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> wrote:
>> Oh, they were Mac users? That explains it. Those guys tend to be liars,
>> technically totally inept and generally absolutely clueless
>
> Grow up, kid.
>
Tell Snit to stop inventing ridiculous stories
After all, what you Mac bozos have done mostly so far is telling utter
bullshit, and that in a linux group.
If you cretins can't stand the flak coming back at you stay out of here
This is not your group, and you idiots are not welcome here
--
Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!
ray
Interesting contrast to my experience. When the local library reopened
after major rennovation and expansion, the library director asked if I
would be interested in installing Linux on their public access internet
computers (I had volunteered to help move books back in before they
opened). They've been up a couple of months now, running Mandrake 10.1. I
asked if there had been any comments from the patrons (positive or
negative), and she indicated that there had been none. The biggest
difference, form her perspective, is that before, when they were running
MS, she had to help patrons with internet problems three or more times per
day; now, they just run.
Snit
pan.2005.03.04....@zianet.com on 3/4/05 4:15 PM:
Cool... and with all the different distros and choices for Linux I would
expect to get some good and some bad experiences. Heck, even without such
variability I would expect that - after all we see it with OS X and XP.
It may very well be that the business in question was running horrid
software or had an idiot set up the computers.
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news
Wow, what a stunningly constructed refutation! And why did you trim the
crosspost, leaving only a group you don't contribute to? You wanted to
reply but not to hear any response to your reply? Or was it just to stop
fellow c.o.l.a. posters seeing what a petty little last-word addict you
are? If your pompousness would allow you a little consideration, you'd
simply kill the thread.
Andy
news
he's not listening (well he probably is now!)
Andy
news
>
> Wow, what a stunningly constructed refutation! And why did you trim the
> crosspost, leaving only a group you don't contribute to? You wanted to
> reply but not to hear any response to your reply? Or was it just to stop
> fellow c.o.l.a. posters seeing what a petty little last-word addict you
> are? If your pompousness would allow you a little consideration, you'd
> simply kill the thread.
>
> Andy
I see now it was a follow-up header for replies, so it wasn't to prevent
cola seeing it. I wonder why then?
thor...@juno.com
ray wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:48:03 -0700, Snit wrote:
[snip]
> The biggest
> difference, form her perspective, is that before, when they were
running
> MS, she had to help patrons with internet problems three or more
times per
> day; now, they just run.
They just turn and run from Linux? :-D
Samuel Barber
(<d0ats3$q26$3...@reader01.news.esat.net>) wrote:
>> cAndy
>
> I wonder why then?
Then, because you didn't pull your head all the way out of your ass before
posting. That's why.
ray
Hardly. All the computers are pretty much in use from 2 pm til closing
time (8 pm) daily.
ray
requirements were similar to what I was asked for: internet browsing and
an office suite.
Tim Smith
> Oh, they were Mac users? That explains it. Those guys tend to be liars,
> technically totally inept and generally absolutely clueless
Macs are quite popular among scientists, particular in biology and space
sciences. So your contention is that scientists tend to be technically
inept and generally clueless?
--
--Tim Smith
C Lund
Snit is not my responsibility.
Maybe it's time for you to learn how to use your kill-filter. I am
assuming, of course, that your Usenet browser has a kill-filter.
> After all, what you Mac bozos have done mostly so far is telling utter
> bullshit, and that in a linux group.
You think your utter bullshit is any better?
> If you cretins can't stand the flak coming back at you stay out of here
> This is not your group, and you idiots are not welcome here
I could say the same thing to you, kid.
--
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund
Peter Köhlmann
Idiot
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it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx
C Lund
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
In article <d0ats3$q26$3...@reader01.news.esat.net>,
news <nospa...@iol.ie> wrote:
> I see now it was a follow-up header for replies, so it wasn't to prevent
> cola seeing it. I wonder why then?
peter wants to x-post crap, but he doesn't want to have to see any of
the replies his crap merits. By changing the forum list in the
followups instead of directly in the forum list, he makes it less
obvious that COLA will not receive any replies to his crap.
peter claims this behaviour is good netiquette. But he's more like a
teeny-bopper putting flaming fudge-packs on people's doorsteps.
--
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund
C Lund
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
(this line is here because UPC is being difficult - ignore)
In article <d0at9b$q26$2...@reader01.news.esat.net>,
news <nospa...@iol.ie> wrote:
> > When did you get a Mac, Peter?
> he's not listening (well he probably is now!)
No he's not. peter is in COLA, not CSMA.
> Andy
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Tim Smith
> Idiot
CSMA readers, the above is a favorite activity of Peter--quoting an entire
post just to add "Idiot". God help us all if Peter and Jim Lee ever end up
in the same thread and reply to each other. They could get stuck in a loop
worse than when Fry and the Lucy Liu bot were telling each other they were
cute.
(COLA readers: Jim Lee is a CSMA poster who likes to quote entire posts just
to add "troll").
--
--Tim Smith
Jim Lee Jr.
Tim Smith <reply_i...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> CSMA readers, the above is a favorite activity of Peter--quoting an entire
> post just to add "Idiot". God help us all if Peter and Jim Lee ever end up
> in the same thread and reply to each other. They could get stuck in a loop
> worse than when Fry and the Lucy Liu bot were telling each other they were
> cute.
>
> (COLA readers: Jim Lee is a CSMA poster who likes to quote entire posts just
> to add "troll").
Timmy are you that jealous Peter and I have never called you a troll?
I can call you a troll to make you happy. :D