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The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)

The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)

Posted Feb 27, 2004 16:39 UTC (Fri) by tomsi (subscriber, #2306)
In reply to: The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org) by jorvalho
Parent article: The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)

> Because "regular" end users should not have to install an operating system.

This is the ideal world. In the real world - the Windows people end up reinstalling Windows far too often (even when using XP).

I agree that all seldomly used programs should be easy to use, but I don't mind having an advanced mode, letting you do all kind of stuff.


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