This discussion started out speaking to "power users" in general, not "power linux users" or "power windows users". The "XP man" is a power user for a certain platform due to the amount of use and exposure he has to that platform. He "knows" systems well and has a grasp on "technology" just like many of us in the IT world...but due to the differences in the platforms, he has "trouble" with Linux when he attempts to migrate to that platform, and suddenly he isnt considered a "power user" anymore?
That is shortsighted and rather obtuse a viewpoint.
As someone mentioned earlier, there are different classes of users IN GENERAL...take the platform specifics out of it and you can then grasp what XP man and several others were addressing.
Think about the "power user" XP man and his knowledge of systems and the issues he had that he didnt want to bother working through, then think about Ma and Pa Kettle who just want to boot up and read email and play solitaire.
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agreed...i wish my government would go down on me...
Too much Koolaid? OH YEEAAHHH!!
...or for Riddick.
This discussion started out speaking to "power users" in general, not "power linux users" or "power windows users". The "XP man" is a power user for a certain platform due to the amount of use and exposure he has to that platform. He "knows" systems well and has a grasp on "technology" just like many of us in the IT world...but due to the differences in the platforms, he has "trouble" with Linux when he attempts to migrate to that platform, and suddenly he isnt considered a "power user" anymore? That is shortsighted and rather obtuse a viewpoint. As someone mentioned earlier, there are different classes of users IN GENERAL...take the platform specifics out of it and you can then grasp what XP man and several others were addressing. Think about the "power user" XP man and his knowledge of systems and the issues he had that he didnt want to bother working through, then think about Ma and Pa Kettle who just want to boot up and read email and play solitaire.