Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives?

From	"Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject	Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives?
Date	2014-11-11 11:04 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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" flatfish+++" <phlatphish@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:swa27f9zw9p$.101ntlc2qxras$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:30:59 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:
>
> Each time I try Linux, a different distribution, a new release and so
> forth I approach it from the perspective that maybe things have
> improved since the last time I tried Linux.
>
> And each time I walk away frustrated and disappointed.
>
> It's not that portions of Linux haven't improved over the years but
> more so that Windows and OSX have not exactly been sitting idle but
> have improved as well.
>
> The truth is that desktop Linux is a poor choice for most people.
> Even chrisv knows that because he and his family are Windows users.

*Most* of these "advocates" can't even convince their own family to use 
desktop Linux. If they can't get their own family to use it then why would 
the Average Joe use it?

All the FOSS apps people are likely to want also run on Windows/Mac. This 
gives them the best of both worlds... the proprietary apps they already know 
and like plus the FOSS apps they may be interested in. With Win/Mac they can 
run both and with Linux they can't.

-- 
"Maybe he (Hans Reiser) knows where the body is because he saw where it was 
put."

Linux "advocate" Rick defending a convicted murderer.
<qKudnXhElKJBk83VnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@supernews.com>

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  Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-11-08 13:39 +0100
    Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2014-11-08 20:00 +0000
      Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-08 15:07 -0500
        Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2014-11-08 20:14 +0000
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  Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2014-11-11 09:16 +0000
    Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 08:49 -0500
      Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 08:51 -0500
        Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 09:09 -0500
          Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 09:46 -0500
            Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 10:30 -0500
              Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 10:49 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-11-11 11:04 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 11:37 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 11:46 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 12:24 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 12:47 -0500
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                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 11:59 -0500
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