The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micky$oft go bankrupt?

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Tue May 12 07:26:47 UTC 2009


On Mon, 11 May 2009, Odd wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 May 2009, Amit Kumar wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Pastor JW
>>> <pastor_jw at the-inner-circle.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Evidently you have never even used Ubuntu.  I have never used an OS easier
>>>> to
>>>> use.  My 80 plus year old mother has no trouble with it and neither does my
>>>> 4
>>>> year old grand-daughter.  But then again maybe you are correct, they are
>>>> more intelligent than a windoze user!
>>>
>>> Please stop making the conversation personal. I have honestly written my
>>> opinion of the matter. See, I am not a Ubuntu/Windows evangelist. I have
>>> written not the way it works for me, but the way it does not work for my
>>> friends.
>>
>> ....and he simply stated how his friends/relatives find it easy to use.
>> From this you drew the conclusion that he was attacking you personally?
>> Ridiculous.
>
> Not ridiculous. "Evidently you have never even used Ubuntu" is a
> snide remark.

Yes. One that is usually taken in stride.

>>> I love Ubuntu, and more than a sort of prejudiced way (against MS).
>>> By your comments, I think you don't want to reach out to the Windows users
>>> anyway!
>>
>> His post doesn't support this conclusion either.
>
> Sure it does. He is very offensive against "Windoze" users.
> You should really read his post again.

I did and my interpretation hasn't changed.

Everyone looks at things differently. Looks like we will agree to 
disagree.

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