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The point that Howards makes seems to be that the unfamiliarity of Linux isn't the problem, inasmuch as the people who 'understand' the complexity of Windows no
by donw 18y ago
The point that Howards makes seems to be that the unfamiliarity of Linux isn't the problem, inasmuch as the people who 'understand' the complexity of Windows not wanting to be out of a job. After all, if your bread-and-butter comes from keeping Windows running for a bunch of people, you're going to resist any move off of Windows, and as a local in a tight-knit community, you carry a hell of a lot more weight than some well-meaning yahoo from the States.
- trezor 18y agoOr maybe it was just that the "simple" Linux solution wasn't really that simple to the person who didn't already know Linux and the software used there? And the the "complex" Windows based solution was already well known, both how it works and what quirks it has and really quite simple to the person which already managed it. I've seen ton of Linux people presenting so-called "simple" solutions, which while not mindstaggeringly complex, requires you to familarize yourself with a whole new toolchain, new commands and new concepts. While they have seen the light in Linux-based solutions, they have also stared themselves blind by not recognizing that a lot of things which are simple or obvious to them are skills that need to be learned. Basically it boils down to not fixing something which is not broken and sticking to the tools you know.