If I'm typing in an application, I use keyboard shortcuts. However, if I'm not typing, why would I use the keyboard?
I'd guess billions of man hours are wasted per year just reaching for the darn mouse.
I wonder how many man hours are wasted reaching for the keyboard? Unless I'm typing (not just poking one or two characters, but actually typing), my hand doesn't leave the mouse.
One of the main benefits to a GUI is that you don't have to remember dozens of arcane options. That goes for keyboard shortcuts as well. Sure I remember that ctrl-o is open. But wait, sometimes ctrl-o is save and sometimes ctrl-x is save, or is that ctrl-kx? Perhaps it's just hitting esc twice?
As for opening Explorer, I just use the little yellow folder in the Quick Start bar. One click as opposed to your two clicks (Win is one, E is two). It's really easy to modify the Quick Start bar.
I know you can add the little button next to the URL bar, but I can't remember the name of the extension.
One other feature I prefer from Konq. is the Bookmarks menu. Rather then use a funky dialog box to create and organize favorites, Konq. just lets you navigate the menu and right-click create where you want the item, much like the start menu.
Please forgive my lack of memory concerning names. I'm temporarily on a Windows box...
3. Tabs and new windows: Strict UI logic would put the tab UI above the toolbars, not below, but that creates other problems
I haven't studied UI design much, so I'm not sure what "Strict UI logic" is. However, as the tab directly influences which screen I'm looking at, it seems natural to have it attached to that screen. I've seen screen shots of IE7 where the toolbar is between the tab and screen. It looks very confusing. It's a reason I won't be using IE7.
As for how tabs can be used: Slashdot is a perfect use for tabs! I'll start reading a thread, see a sub-thread, and open it in a new tab. While it's loading, I'll continue reading the original tab. This is much more natural then going back and forth in a single window or trying to remember which "Slashdot" window contains the current thread. Now he does mention opening new windows as opposed to new tabs. For me, I group activities by window. I open one Firefox window for mail, with a hotmail tab, Gmail tab, and work email tab. I also have a for-fun window with Slashdot open. Finally, I have a work window, with various tabs open to different vendor sites. Using tabs this way, it's like the tab bar is a sub-task bar.
For me, I like FAYT for short documents: man pages, howto guides, etc. However, I can see where it would be a pain on longer documents.
As for having Find embedded in the status bar, I love this feature! I hate having a separate dialog box open, looking back and forth between this new window and the application, and having the dialog box block the application window. It's a major pain and just gets in the way. I wish all applications would embed Find into their application window.
Reminds me of the behavior of most P2P and IM applications. These applications redefine the upper right X as minimize to system tray. You then have to use the system tray to close the application. I hate that behavior. If I click on the X, I want it closed, not minimized!
I can't agree more. It's good to see so many Debian based distributions working together to make sure the base OS is compatible across forks. They certainly seem more committed then UnitedLinux was. On a plus side, maybe LSB will finally see some new development. Hopefully, this will also spur more 3rd party development.
Hmm. What would it take to make bug-free computer programs?
How about a competently taught highschool programming class?
Seriously, people...learn to use the language...you'll be better off.
You can replace programming or English with any skill that the computer replicates.
I never have understood why so many people are opposed to grammar checkers. Everyone makes mistakes. Yes, Clippy is a pain sometimes. However, I'd rather have five false positives and two real errors underlined than two errors published because I was too tired to catch them.
Oh great. Now in addition to having a 20-charactor password, composed of completely random letters, numbers, and miscellaneous punctuation, that changes every day, and an LCD monitor with DVI interface, I also have to enclose my workstation in a sound-proof booth? Hmm, wait, that might not be so bad.
I'm actually surprised they've released it at all, personally...
Classic Microsoft development. Back in the Windows 3.1 days, the Apple people would give Microsoft people a lot of flack because Windows ran on top of DOS. They claimed that MacOS was better because it was a real GUI based OS. Windows 95 was Microsoft's answer to the arguement.
It really doesn't suprise me that Microsoft is realeasing a 64-bit Windows now. GNU/Linux has had 64-bit since shortly after AMD released their first 64-bit x86 chip. Most of the Linux people I know haven't been shy about rubbing that fact in Microsoft's face. Linux is currently driving Microsoft development. That's why Microsoft didn't bother with security and stability until the Linux camp started to show them up.
Thinking of the old Apple vs. Microsoft flame wars, and Linux, I still think it's funny that X11 sits on top of a CLI and that it's now considered bad to have the window manager tied directly into the OS. But maybe that has more to do with what you're using the computer for (server vs. workstation).
Depending on the pricing, OEMs might want to ship computers with the Starter Edition. Most OEMs would do anything to increase margins in this market. The plus side for Microsoft would be increased revenue from upgrade purchases. Heck, all of those countless unemployed paper certificates I'm always hearing about might even be able to profit from installing edition upgrades in the home market.
While I agree the title is misleading, "Apache Incompatibilities Frustrate D.C. Schools?" would be just as misleading. From the article: "D.C schools continue to experience problems with a new computer system, with some principals saying yesterday that their schools have been unable to record attendance, print student schedules or even access the Internet since Wednesday." (emphasis mine).
Not knowing anything about how their network is set up... I'd say lack of network connectivity might be a problem. This would present a problem reguardless of the software used.
Hell, given that the Apache programmers have been always made it abundantly clear that Apache does not work right on Windows, the title should really be "Idiotic choices by systems engineers frustrate D.C. schools?"
The primary Windows platform for running Apache 2.0 is Windows NT. The binary installer only works with the x86 family of processors, such as Intel and AMD processors. Running Apache on Windows 9x is not thoroughly tested, and it is never recommended on production systems.
So unless they are trying to run Apache on a DEC Alpha or under Windows 95, I don't see a problem. I did hunt around their site. But all I could find concerning Windows were the standard "Make sure your system is up to date and fully patched" type of stuff.
Now as for "Idiotic choices by systems engineers frustrate D.C. schools?" I do have to wonder when you see a memo from the CTO talking about "the combination of an Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver is a bad combination". Given that they plan on switching operating systems, maybe they are trying to run Apache on a DEC Alpha under Windows NT. If that's the case, this title certainly fits.
I can certainly see there are problems in the DC schools. It's too bad the reporter isn't more tech savvy. However, local news reporters generally are not. Schools generally can't afford a decent IT staff. One of the schools in my area recently burned to the ground because a server overheated. My 9-year-old was recently asked to install a program for her teacher because the teacher didn't know how to install software and IT doesn't maintain the student computers, just the teacher computers. Most of those systems still run Windows 95.
There is a good story here, but I don't think it has anything to do with software. It has more to do with school budgets and the inability to hire professionals.
How so? Haven't you ever see the father or mother who is proud because their child has some genetic trait that was passed down from them? Look, she has my cheek bones or he has his father's eyes. Who we are comes down to two things: environment and genetics. You can offer environment to an adopted child, but not genetics. Have you ever known a family were there are both genetic and step children? In my experience, the genetic children are treated better because both genetic and environment attach them to their parents.
As for immortality, we currently have two options: children and accomplishments. As most people's accomplishments are not recorded in the history books, it leaves children as our best bet to immortality.
You could argue that it would be better if we all hunted for our food too. Humans have used their intelligence to continue the species since there were humans. It's a survival trait.
Ah yes, every man's fantasy... I've seen this plot several times and always wondered...
First there is the question of how many men are there?
I always loved the stories where it's only a single man. Talk about something being blue; not from under use, but from over use. Lets not even think of the genetic problems.
So you start with a small cache of men. You still have the problem of too many woman. So you limit who can breed. How?
Each day ovulating women line up outside the facility, naked save for a pair of high heels, and bearing gifts of food and assorted lagers. The men choose the ones they find most attractive, then those must face off in an exotic dancing competition to determine who may enter and be serviced.
Not bad. It'll limit the population, but that is probably a good thing. However, you still have multiple problems. I wonder, if you use your criteria, would natural selection give us a race of attractive, over-sexed humans? You could broaden the scope to include intelligence. How long would it take for the intelligent, attractive woman to just take over?
Of course, you leave out the most important problem. My great, great, great, great uncle through marrage was a polygamist. It was kept a dark family secrat along my Grandfather's line. When my Grandfather married my Grandmother, he shamefully told her about this distant relative. Her responce always amused me, "Any man who can put up with being married to more than one woman at once has my respect." I wonder, what would it be like to have a planet full of woman demanding that you take the garbage out? Worse yet, at that time of the month. Talk about the stuff of nightmares.
It's a good fantasy, but lets hope it stays that.
As for two woman having a baby that's geneticly theirs. Fantastic! It's one less road block to same-sex marrage. Yes, couples can adopt. However, almost everyone wants to continue their genetic line. It's how we gain immortality.
Please forgive my ignorance. Who was the crazy american and what was his quote? As you can imagine, Googling for "Mr $100" turned up lots of spam sites, but no quotes.
So, I don't get it. I'm an American. I admit I don't know a whole lot about English government. However, growing up, I heard countless stories on the news about terrorism in Ireland and England. They dealt with it. Never once did it occur to me that England was a bad place. After all, I also grew up with stories about gang warfare in LA. When 9-11 happened, I looked at England and thought "England has been dealing with terrorism for decades and they still have a nation they are proud of. The US will be the same". In stead, our own government did more damage than the terrorists. Now England wants to copy our mistakes? If anything, the US should have copied England when 9-11 happened. I just don't get it. Anymore than I get the paranoia that's currently spreading around the world. Despite centuries of terrorism, it's only now a threat that requires we give up our freedom? Why is the world only now unsafe? How is this new?
It's not just terrorism. I see this trend growing in all areas. The US space program is an example. We lose a space shuttle and suddenly space is so unsafe that we cancel our maned space program? Despite losses in the past and decades of speculation on how dangerous space can be? New Orleans is another example. A hurricane takes out New Orleans and people suddenly realize Mother Nature is dangerous? What is this sudden obsession with absolute safety? I just don't get it.
For home PCs, yes. I guess this is the market they are after with this OS. For corperate PCs? no. Corperate PCs don't have 3D capabilities. Why would they? 3D capabilities, up to this point, have been for games and engineering applications. So far it's been an unjustifiable expense. My organizion has 10000 P4 computers with integrated video and 4MB of video RAM. They don't have an AGP port. Buy a new OS that requires a new computer? Talk about an unjustifiable expense.
Just had a thought while writting this... If the OS requires 256MB of video RAM, will there be any left for gaming? So much for playing Doom 3 under Vista.
It's getting better. I remember when Linux going mainstream was 10 years away. I'd do a search if I had time, but I swear that was only six months ago...
# emerge longhorn
Calculating dependencies
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "longhorn".
Sorry, couldn't resist...As for your post:
...with no impact to the business
I didn't know this was possible. I remember running the IT department for a mapping company. There was one secretary who threatend to quit if we upgraded her computer from Win 95 to 2000. As she was related to the boss, she got to keep Win 95. We just didn't connect her to the Internet.
Linux is complicated. Not in the software thats available, but in sheer choice of software.
Software choice is one of the major benifits of Linux. I rather like having the choice of four or more word processors for Linux. With Microsoft, you have Microsoft. Don't like how Microsoft's word processor works? Maybe you just want the most efficient simple way to write a letter. Too bad. You're stuck.
If I could just tell somebody to go and get the "Home" version of Linux - from whichever vendor was currently hot then it would be easier to get people to switch.
Ah, I see the problem now. You think Linux is an operating system. It's not. It's a kernel. SuSE is an operating system. It even comes in Home and Pro versions. If someone wanted a home computer with basic applications based on Windows, would you recommend an X-Box? It comes with the Windows 2000 kernel after all.
its like going into a foreign sweetshop and not knowing the names of the products.
So would you only try a new candy if you seen it advertised on television frequently and remembered the brand-name? Sadly, I do know a lot of people that are like this. Every time I see one of Microsoft's new ads on TV, I cringe. The ads are very nice. However, they suggest that the "Worlds of Possibilities" are only possible with Windows. I do wish one of the distributions would try marketing to the home users. Marketing is what every great computer that failed lacked. I think this is the last thing Linux really needs to overcome.
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I know I'll be in the minority here, but I'll take the PDA over a cell phone. My Clie has a beautiful display, built-in full keyboard, and WiFi networking. Why would I switch to a device that you need a magnifying glass to use, limited keypad, and slower, less secure bluetooth?
Of course, I realized I'm also biased against cell phones. I don't own or want one. If you really need to get a hold of me, e-mail me and I'll check my PDA.
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If I'm typing in an application, I use keyboard shortcuts. However, if I'm not typing, why would I use the keyboard?
I'd guess billions of man hours are wasted per year just reaching for the darn mouse.
I wonder how many man hours are wasted reaching for the keyboard? Unless I'm typing (not just poking one or two characters, but actually typing), my hand doesn't leave the mouse.
One of the main benefits to a GUI is that you don't have to remember dozens of arcane options. That goes for keyboard shortcuts as well. Sure I remember that ctrl-o is open. But wait, sometimes ctrl-o is save and sometimes ctrl-x is save, or is that ctrl-kx? Perhaps it's just hitting esc twice?
As for opening Explorer, I just use the little yellow folder in the Quick Start bar. One click as opposed to your two clicks (Win is one, E is two). It's really easy to modify the Quick Start bar.
I know you can add the little button next to the URL bar, but I can't remember the name of the extension.
One other feature I prefer from Konq. is the Bookmarks menu. Rather then use a funky dialog box to create and organize favorites, Konq. just lets you navigate the menu and right-click create where you want the item, much like the start menu.
Please forgive my lack of memory concerning names. I'm temporarily on a Windows box...
3. Tabs and new windows: Strict UI logic would put the tab UI above the toolbars, not below, but that creates other problems
I haven't studied UI design much, so I'm not sure what "Strict UI logic" is. However, as the tab directly influences which screen I'm looking at, it seems natural to have it attached to that screen. I've seen screen shots of IE7 where the toolbar is between the tab and screen. It looks very confusing. It's a reason I won't be using IE7.
As for how tabs can be used: Slashdot is a perfect use for tabs! I'll start reading a thread, see a sub-thread, and open it in a new tab. While it's loading, I'll continue reading the original tab. This is much more natural then going back and forth in a single window or trying to remember which "Slashdot" window contains the current thread. Now he does mention opening new windows as opposed to new tabs. For me, I group activities by window. I open one Firefox window for mail, with a hotmail tab, Gmail tab, and work email tab. I also have a for-fun window with Slashdot open. Finally, I have a work window, with various tabs open to different vendor sites. Using tabs this way, it's like the tab bar is a sub-task bar.
I agree, though it would be very nice to have a "Duplicate Tab" function. New for new, Duplicate for duplicate
For me, I like FAYT for short documents: man pages, howto guides, etc. However, I can see where it would be a pain on longer documents.
As for having Find embedded in the status bar, I love this feature! I hate having a separate dialog box open, looking back and forth between this new window and the application, and having the dialog box block the application window. It's a major pain and just gets in the way. I wish all applications would embed Find into their application window.
Reminds me of the behavior of most P2P and IM applications. These applications redefine the upper right X as minimize to system tray. You then have to use the system tray to close the application. I hate that behavior. If I click on the X, I want it closed, not minimized!
I can't agree more. It's good to see so many Debian based distributions working together to make sure the base OS is compatible across forks. They certainly seem more committed then UnitedLinux was. On a plus side, maybe LSB will finally see some new development. Hopefully, this will also spur more 3rd party development.
Not moot; you'll need modding/emulation to play the games uncensored or at all.
I never have have understood why different forms of media require different laws.
Hmm. What would it take to make bug-free computer programs?
How about a competently taught highschool programming class?
Seriously, people...learn to use the language...you'll be better off.
You can replace programming or English with any skill that the computer replicates.
I never have understood why so many people are opposed to grammar checkers. Everyone makes mistakes. Yes, Clippy is a pain sometimes. However, I'd rather have five false positives and two real errors underlined than two errors published because I was too tired to catch them.
By the way, High School is two words.
I also found this on their site:
Note: DAZ|Studio will not function installed on a UNIX partition under Mac OS X
Since when does a graphic application care what file system you use? Or am I misunderstanding something?
Oh great. Now in addition to having a 20-charactor password, composed of completely random letters, numbers, and miscellaneous punctuation, that changes every day, and an LCD monitor with DVI interface, I also have to enclose my workstation in a sound-proof booth? Hmm, wait, that might not be so bad.
I'm actually surprised they've released it at all, personally...
Classic Microsoft development. Back in the Windows 3.1 days, the Apple people would give Microsoft people a lot of flack because Windows ran on top of DOS. They claimed that MacOS was better because it was a real GUI based OS. Windows 95 was Microsoft's answer to the arguement.
It really doesn't suprise me that Microsoft is realeasing a 64-bit Windows now. GNU/Linux has had 64-bit since shortly after AMD released their first 64-bit x86 chip. Most of the Linux people I know haven't been shy about rubbing that fact in Microsoft's face. Linux is currently driving Microsoft development. That's why Microsoft didn't bother with security and stability until the Linux camp started to show them up.
Thinking of the old Apple vs. Microsoft flame wars, and Linux, I still think it's funny that X11 sits on top of a CLI and that it's now considered bad to have the window manager tied directly into the OS. But maybe that has more to do with what you're using the computer for (server vs. workstation).
Depending on the pricing, OEMs might want to ship computers with the Starter Edition. Most OEMs would do anything to increase margins in this market. The plus side for Microsoft would be increased revenue from upgrade purchases. Heck, all of those countless unemployed paper certificates I'm always hearing about might even be able to profit from installing edition upgrades in the home market.
While I agree the title is misleading, "Apache Incompatibilities Frustrate D.C. Schools?" would be just as misleading. From the article: "D.C schools continue to experience problems with a new computer system, with some principals saying yesterday that their schools have been unable to record attendance, print student schedules or even access the Internet since Wednesday." (emphasis mine).
Not knowing anything about how their network is set up... I'd say lack of network connectivity might be a problem. This would present a problem reguardless of the software used.
Hell, given that the Apache programmers have been always made it abundantly clear that Apache does not work right on Windows, the title should really be "Idiotic choices by systems engineers frustrate D.C. schools?"
Apache does not work right on Windows? I looked up the documentation from the stable 2.0 release: Using Apache with Microsoft Windows
Operating System Requirements
The primary Windows platform for running Apache 2.0 is Windows NT. The binary installer only works with the x86 family of processors, such as Intel and AMD processors. Running Apache on Windows 9x is not thoroughly tested, and it is never recommended on production systems.
So unless they are trying to run Apache on a DEC Alpha or under Windows 95, I don't see a problem. I did hunt around their site. But all I could find concerning Windows were the standard "Make sure your system is up to date and fully patched" type of stuff.
Now as for "Idiotic choices by systems engineers frustrate D.C. schools?" I do have to wonder when you see a memo from the CTO talking about "the combination of an Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver is a bad combination". Given that they plan on switching operating systems, maybe they are trying to run Apache on a DEC Alpha under Windows NT. If that's the case, this title certainly fits.
I can certainly see there are problems in the DC schools. It's too bad the reporter isn't more tech savvy. However, local news reporters generally are not. Schools generally can't afford a decent IT staff. One of the schools in my area recently burned to the ground because a server overheated. My 9-year-old was recently asked to install a program for her teacher because the teacher didn't know how to install software and IT doesn't maintain the student computers, just the teacher computers. Most of those systems still run Windows 95.
There is a good story here, but I don't think it has anything to do with software. It has more to do with school budgets and the inability to hire professionals.
How so? Haven't you ever see the father or mother who is proud because their child has some genetic trait that was passed down from them? Look, she has my cheek bones or he has his father's eyes. Who we are comes down to two things: environment and genetics. You can offer environment to an adopted child, but not genetics. Have you ever known a family were there are both genetic and step children? In my experience, the genetic children are treated better because both genetic and environment attach them to their parents.
As for immortality, we currently have two options: children and accomplishments. As most people's accomplishments are not recorded in the history books, it leaves children as our best bet to immortality.
You could argue that it would be better if we all hunted for our food too. Humans have used their intelligence to continue the species since there were humans. It's a survival trait.
Ah yes, every man's fantasy... I've seen this plot several times and always wondered...
First there is the question of how many men are there?
I always loved the stories where it's only a single man. Talk about something being blue; not from under use, but from over use. Lets not even think of the genetic problems.
So you start with a small cache of men. You still have the problem of too many woman. So you limit who can breed. How?
Each day ovulating women line up outside the facility, naked save for a pair of high heels, and bearing gifts of food and assorted lagers. The men choose the ones they find most attractive, then those must face off in an exotic dancing competition to determine who may enter and be serviced.
Not bad. It'll limit the population, but that is probably a good thing. However, you still have multiple problems. I wonder, if you use your criteria, would natural selection give us a race of attractive, over-sexed humans? You could broaden the scope to include intelligence. How long would it take for the intelligent, attractive woman to just take over?
Of course, you leave out the most important problem. My great, great, great, great uncle through marrage was a polygamist. It was kept a dark family secrat along my Grandfather's line. When my Grandfather married my Grandmother, he shamefully told her about this distant relative. Her responce always amused me, "Any man who can put up with being married to more than one woman at once has my respect." I wonder, what would it be like to have a planet full of woman demanding that you take the garbage out? Worse yet, at that time of the month. Talk about the stuff of nightmares.
It's a good fantasy, but lets hope it stays that.
As for two woman having a baby that's geneticly theirs. Fantastic! It's one less road block to same-sex marrage. Yes, couples can adopt. However, almost everyone wants to continue their genetic line. It's how we gain immortality.
Please forgive my ignorance. Who was the crazy american and what was his quote? As you can imagine, Googling for "Mr $100" turned up lots of spam sites, but no quotes.
So, I don't get it. I'm an American. I admit I don't know a whole lot about English government. However, growing up, I heard countless stories on the news about terrorism in Ireland and England. They dealt with it. Never once did it occur to me that England was a bad place. After all, I also grew up with stories about gang warfare in LA. When 9-11 happened, I looked at England and thought "England has been dealing with terrorism for decades and they still have a nation they are proud of. The US will be the same". In stead, our own government did more damage than the terrorists. Now England wants to copy our mistakes? If anything, the US should have copied England when 9-11 happened. I just don't get it. Anymore than I get the paranoia that's currently spreading around the world. Despite centuries of terrorism, it's only now a threat that requires we give up our freedom? Why is the world only now unsafe? How is this new?
It's not just terrorism. I see this trend growing in all areas. The US space program is an example. We lose a space shuttle and suddenly space is so unsafe that we cancel our maned space program? Despite losses in the past and decades of speculation on how dangerous space can be? New Orleans is another example. A hurricane takes out New Orleans and people suddenly realize Mother Nature is dangerous? What is this sudden obsession with absolute safety? I just don't get it.
For home PCs, yes. I guess this is the market they are after with this OS. For corperate PCs? no. Corperate PCs don't have 3D capabilities. Why would they? 3D capabilities, up to this point, have been for games and engineering applications. So far it's been an unjustifiable expense. My organizion has 10000 P4 computers with integrated video and 4MB of video RAM. They don't have an AGP port. Buy a new OS that requires a new computer? Talk about an unjustifiable expense.
Just had a thought while writting this... If the OS requires 256MB of video RAM, will there be any left for gaming? So much for playing Doom 3 under Vista.
It's getting better. I remember when Linux going mainstream was 10 years away. I'd do a search if I had time, but I swear that was only six months ago...
we're moving to longhorn as and when it emerges
...with no impact to the business
# emerge longhorn
Calculating dependencies
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "longhorn".
Sorry, couldn't resist...As for your post:
I didn't know this was possible. I remember running the IT department for a mapping company. There was one secretary who threatend to quit if we upgraded her computer from Win 95 to 2000. As she was related to the boss, she got to keep Win 95. We just didn't connect her to the Internet.
Linux is complicated. Not in the software thats available, but in sheer choice of software.
Software choice is one of the major benifits of Linux. I rather like having the choice of four or more word processors for Linux. With Microsoft, you have Microsoft. Don't like how Microsoft's word processor works? Maybe you just want the most efficient simple way to write a letter. Too bad. You're stuck.
If I could just tell somebody to go and get the "Home" version of Linux - from whichever vendor was currently hot then it would be easier to get people to switch.
Ah, I see the problem now. You think Linux is an operating system. It's not. It's a kernel. SuSE is an operating system. It even comes in Home and Pro versions. If someone wanted a home computer with basic applications based on Windows, would you recommend an X-Box? It comes with the Windows 2000 kernel after all.
its like going into a foreign sweetshop and not knowing the names of the products.
So would you only try a new candy if you seen it advertised on television frequently and remembered the brand-name? Sadly, I do know a lot of people that are like this. Every time I see one of Microsoft's new ads on TV, I cringe. The ads are very nice. However, they suggest that the "Worlds of Possibilities" are only possible with Windows. I do wish one of the distributions would try marketing to the home users. Marketing is what every great computer that failed lacked. I think this is the last thing Linux really needs to overcome.
I know I'll be in the minority here, but I'll take the PDA over a cell phone. My Clie has a beautiful display, built-in full keyboard, and WiFi networking. Why would I switch to a device that you need a magnifying glass to use, limited keypad, and slower, less secure bluetooth?
Of course, I realized I'm also biased against cell phones. I don't own or want one. If you really need to get a hold of me, e-mail me and I'll check my PDA.