Uptake of wine users

Peter Fakan · Post by **Peter Fakan** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:48 am

I hazard to submit, more people are turning to opensource as XP becomes
obsolete.

Perhaps it is time to dust off the 101 material and get it ready to cut and
paste in...

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Timeout · Post by **Timeout** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:22 am

There is more to being obsolete to drive people out of Windows to Linux/Mac.

Just think of all the conscious step one has as an newbie (without system administrator) to do just to have everything working properly even before starting Wine (maybe less for Mac - but I will never be able to tell).

Paul Johnson · Post by **Paul Johnson** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:33 am

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On Friday 04 April 2008 02:46:44 am Peter Fakan wrote:

I hazard to submit, more people are turning to opensource as XP becomes
obsolete.

I submit that XP was obsolete in the 1980s given what the unix world had then.

Perhaps it is time to dust off the 101 material and get it ready to cut and
paste in...

Bad idea. You can give a man a fish, but that's just going to give you
another mouth to spoonfeed. Better idea: Direct them to the documentation,
make 'em go learn to fish for themselves.

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billstei · Post by **billstei** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:56 pm

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Phil Costin · Post by **Phil Costin** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:00 am

billstei wrote:

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and
he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Give a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Set him on
fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Timeout · Post by **Timeout** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:12 am

Phil Costin wrote:billstei wrote:

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and
he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Give a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Set him on
fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

What did happen of "Teach him to fish and he will fish for himself for the rest of his life"? Is it the new trend of giving up people before they will ever start. btw if you set him on fire, I bet he won't be warm for long or is going to burn the whole neighborhood.

Paul Johnson · Post by **Paul Johnson** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:19 pm

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On Saturday 05 April 2008 04:12:13 am Timeout wrote:

Phil Costin wrote:
billstei wrote:
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish,
and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Give a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Set him
on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
[Laughing]

What did happen of "Teach him to fish and he will fish for himself for the
rest of his life"? Is it the new trend of giving up people before they will
ever start. btw if you set him on fire, I bet he won't be warm for long or
burn the whole neighborhood.

I personally find it extremely discouraging that people aren't taking a
serious, legitimate suggestion seriously. You both need to grow up.

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