From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPimj-0007fh-00 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:21:41 -0500 Received: from AveratecLaptop (unverified [72.24.183.77]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 98549556 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:21:07 -0700 Message-ID: <053e01c7626f$52648600$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> From: "Glenn Ervin" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <02ae01c75b48$aee318c0$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20070309171155.GJ4176@rednote.net> Subject: Re: An official slightly off topic anouncement Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:21:06 -0600 Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 3, in=15, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 72.24.183.77 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:21:41 -0000 Janina Sajka wrote: > I find it hard to think of any OS that crashes daily, or even more > frequently, as "working." I wouldn't hire that kind of worker. > > Janina XP doesn't crash often, this is a characteristic of earlier versions of Windows. Sure, Linux is much more stable, but XP rarely crashes. But There is the problem of the most popular OS having the most amount of viruses written for it. Glenn > > John Heim writes: >> We care because often people get into linux expecting it to be like >> Windows. Possibly, if these people are fore-warned, they will be >> less likely to give up. That's been my experience anyway. >> >> I think sometimes in their enthusiasm for linux, linux nerds sell >> it as being easier to use than Windows. I don't think it ever gets >> to that point no matter how well you know linux and speakup. And if >> all you want out of your computer is for it to work with a minimum >> of fuss, then maybe you had better stick to Windows. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup