Hello and welcome to my tumble log. And now go away.
I don’t mean actual users but power(sic) users. I don’t just mean the OS instead of Linux+X+Desktop or editing the registry instead of editing a named text file in /etc. I mean basic stuff like downloading a codec pack, instead of downloading one from a repository a 2 minute job at best; stealing software from work or p2p and patching it rather that actually using a free alternative, because I cannot believe anyone pays for the stuff; nobody here seems to know the real price if you had to buy software. They know how to download for hours updates; defrag the hard drive; run their virus software; push the reset button and the 100’ of other maintenance jobs you have to do; Micro Mart this week has pages dedicated it…and yet half the world runs IE6, and find pushing a button to update everything Kernel+Windows Environment+Desktop+Apps difficult. They can install a driver from a CD that came with the computer with adware programs and novelty programs…but can’t look on a compatibility list and buy a £12 usb wireless stick. They feel in control, overcoming License and OS restriction imposed by Microsoft…but haven’t experienced real control. Lots of people have only lived in an all Microsoft world. Its all they know.
