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Some don't care about the decor and want a inexpensive, utilitarian environment. </font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">And this is exactly the target market for this idea, imho. For the poor and for grandma. And some grandmas will pay a premium for it (to subsidize the poor? see LawrenceFreenet.org).</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Give me a browser (with flash, adobe), email, media viewing (pics/video), and maybe a gnucash (quicken), and a backup that just works.
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">No OS wars, just an internet appliance that allows me to experience the internet - see, hear, contribute, communicate.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">I thought seriously about an enterprise similar to this. My lazy self over-ruled my business self in the end. (I was in my own business for seven years in a previous life). Steady paychecks are not readily dismissed
anymore - kids are going to college now...</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Signed,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Wage Slave.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><em>Why don't they call layoffs 'emancipation'?</em></font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> kclug-bounces@kclug.org [kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Watts [jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 22, 2008 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Billy Crook<br>
<b>Cc:</b> kclug@kclug.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: idea: a managed linux distribution, for weak users<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Billy Crook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billycrook@gmail.com">billycrook@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Oh, but they sure do enjoy the funny commercials, Mac users.... The<br>
rich ones already have macs, and enjoy having overpaid. The poor ones,<br>
if you could distract them from wearing black clothing for a few<br>
minutes would be the target audience.<br>
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Well, for fear of turning this into a Mac/PC flame^H^H^H^H^Hfunfest, I ought to point out that there's more to a Mac than just style and cost.<br>
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I've had the opportunity to have worked professionally on PCs running Windows, Macintoshes, PCs running Linux, and various commercial Unix offerings on their hardware. Oddly enough the time I felt most productive and enjoyed the experience the most was when
I was on a Mac. And that was MacOS 7.x, when they were slow and had cooperative multitasking.<br>
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I think the reason that this issue (Mac vs PC) has such a wide variety of opinions has more to do with what people value in their computing experience. Some don't care about the decor and want a inexpensive, utilitarian environment. Others are the opposite.
Others have even more different opinions.<br>
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Anyhow, I've always enjoyed Macintoshes (and I don't even own one right now). I also enjoy spending a bit more money for Sony televisions. Yes, I could have gotten a Toshiba TALEN for much less, but the fit and finish and the overall quality of the experience
on my Sony is better, and for _me_ it was worth it to spend more money to get it.<br>
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I'm sure others are different.<br>
Jeffrey. <br>
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