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why people so blind with windows ?

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PseudoRandomDragon:
Some people are so unwilling to learn something new or change what they are used to, they will stick with Windows even when Linux/MAC gets on %50+ of desktops.

Kintaro:
Yea true, thats why we need to round em up and send them to the camps.

jtpenrod:
Why? It's really quite simple:
[*]They bought a new computer at places like "Best Buy" or "Circuit City". It came with Win XP.[*]They have no idea as to how the thing actually works. They don't know what an "OS" is,or realize that they have one.[*]So long as they can play games, send/receive E-Mail, surf the web, they're happy.[*]They don't know that all their personal information is leaking back to Redmond. They don't seem to care when you explain it to them.[*]When they went shopping for a new system, they never got a chance to see a Linux system in action.[*]They were sold a "Bill Gates" of goods: it's normal for computers to crash and BSOD several times a day; WinVirii are the exclusive fault of those evil geniuses, the "1337 H4xor5"; it's noraml to have to go buy third party solutions to make up for the deficiencies of one's OS; computers are just appliances like toasters (marketing again) not serious tools that require a certain minimal level of tech-savvy to operate effectively.[*]They think that "Linux" is a cartoon character, and "UNIX" are men who've been deprived, either by nature or design, of their "family jewels".
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They just plain don't know any damn better. That's why M$ has been getting away with it for going on 20 years now.
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[ January 18, 2004: Message edited by: jtpenrod ]

WMD:

quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:
[*]They don't know that all their personal information is leaking back to Redmond. They don't seem to care when you explain it to them.[/list][/b]
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This is the one that really surprises me.

 
quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:
[*]When they went shopping for a new system, they never got a chance to see a Linux system in action.[/list][/b]
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To this day, MS charges full price for a Windoze license if you also offer other OSs.  Selling only Windoze gives a good discount.   :mad:

Commander:
>>why people so blind with windows?
because meybe they do not know there is something to see..?

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