A distinction needs to be made between knowledge and initiative. The current installation process may not require you to know that much about linux; however, it certainly keeps out the people who have no ability to RTFM.
Office XP doesn't have any more of an intuative interface than OpenOffice.Org. The problem is that from 1st grade, schools train students in Windows and Office. If schools started teaching Linux instead of Windows, there would be absolutely no problem.
By teaching how to use Windows, schools are in effect hurting the students by locking them into paying hundreds of dollars for software, in place of which, FLOSS would allow them to be just as productive.
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A distinction needs to be made between knowledge and initiative. The current installation process may not require you to know that much about linux; however, it certainly keeps out the people who have no ability to RTFM.
What?
Converting heat to electricity is kinda impossible given the current laws of thermodynamics, besides that, good idea.
Oh well, humanity's loss.
Office XP doesn't have any more of an intuative interface than OpenOffice.Org. The problem is that from 1st grade, schools train students in Windows and Office. If schools started teaching Linux instead of Windows, there would be absolutely no problem. By teaching how to use Windows, schools are in effect hurting the students by locking them into paying hundreds of dollars for software, in place of which, FLOSS would allow them to be just as productive.