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Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld)Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld)Posted Aug 5, 2003 2:09 UTC (Tue) by blitzmoo (guest, #13662)Parent article: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) What a load of crap. Where is the data. This study is The Suck. Have any of the people ever used another verison of windows? I mean come on! That is like saying, that if there were linux users, they are trying out a new version of the kernal or a different version of KDE. They don't show data about what the computer history of each user. Ahhh incorrigible!
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Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) Posted Aug 5, 2003 7:58 UTC (Tue) by pointwood (subscriber, #2814) [Link] Relax ;)They clearly state that the study will be available for download in a few days. That Linux in general is very close to Windows is actually quite positive IMHO.
Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) Posted Aug 5, 2003 8:34 UTC (Tue) by olleroch (guest, #13670) [Link] I do´t know where you are coming from, but I personally installed a TV card on Linux and Win xp . On Linux I did not configure anything it just worked as opposed to that other system,also bought a HP bubble jet printer, on Linux I just clicked add printer and 2 minutes later it was working fine on windows after about two reboots it was finally working. I also gave my boss who is 75 years old , and he has never ever used a computer , my old computer which is a dual boot system Win98se and Mandrake 9.1, guess what? he prefers Linux as he reckons its easier to navigate (KDE) now stick that in your pipe and smoke it. People like you are just a bunch of sheep who don know any better and follow everythink blindly if it comes from Microsoft. Wally
Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) Posted Aug 5, 2003 14:47 UTC (Tue) by TimCunningham (guest, #10316) [Link] Wow, slow down and read what he's saying.He's not saying the study is wrong, he's saying that they didn't give details that are fairly important to judging if the study is valid or not. Your anticdotal evidence is hardly proof of anything, in any case..
Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) Posted Apr 28, 2004 13:14 UTC (Wed) by dibap (guest, #21225) [Link] Hi Wally,I fully agree!! But now I am posting in order of a common Girlfriend of us. Petra Surm from Bremen in Germany read your Posting and remembers some time she was spending with you ( please tell me more in a confidential meet ). She now likes to contact you. Please send an E-Mail at my Adress. Greetings from Germay Dibap (Dirk Bauer)
Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability (ComputerWorld) Posted Aug 5, 2003 12:32 UTC (Tue) by MathFox (subscriber, #6104) [Link] I have the full German version of the report and the authors state that for most tasks the differences between KDE/Linux and WindowsXP are "unwesentlich" (insignificant). Even the difference in average time overall is statistically insignificant.There were a few tasks significantly harder under Windows and a few task significantly harder under Linux. Overall conclusions were that WindowsXP mainly looked better. You can read all the information on how they configured the systems, data and remarks per task, etc. in the report. (Available for free, redistribution allowed.)
results not worth reporting Posted Aug 8, 2003 16:15 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] The results as reported are just plain worthless for lack of detail. I'm not saying the study itself is worthless -- with the details of what was studied and what was observed, it probably has useful stuff to say.But the numbers in the article leave out a fact which is crucial to assigning any meaning at all to the results: What are the backgrounds of the study subjects? Are they people who have never used any computer before? People who are upgrading from an earlier version of the same thing? Random people? If someone has found this information in the full report, it would be nice to post it here to complete this article. If someone who has never used Windows or Linux before can learn Linux as easily as Windows, that means Linux is technically as good. But considering that the average person has used Windows and not Linux, that same result doesn't mean Linux is a good alternative to Windows XP.
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