Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:53:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:53:32 -0500 Received: from 169.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.169]:5390 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:53:31 -0500 Message-Id: <200301300655.h0U6t6s21523@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Denis Vlasenko Reply-To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua To: Balram Adlakha Subject: Re: Bootscreen Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:53:47 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200301290318.20817.b_adlakha@softhome.net> <200301291448.h0TEmAs18379@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <200301300122.17843.b_adlakha@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <200301300122.17843.b_adlakha@softhome.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 29 January 2003 21:52, Balram Adlakha wrote: > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 20:16, you wrote: > > Yeah, dude, let's dumb down our users... don't allow them > > to become curious and start learning. > > > > Grown up, mature people are scared when they see letters > > and numbers on the screen? On what planet am I? > > > > And if someone *is* scared and totally non-curious, well... > > do you want to have such a user? /me not. > > yes they do get scared!!! > Alright I guess they are not mature... > So 95% of all people are not mature... > > So linux is only for the remaining 5%? This presumes that people don't change. They do, especially younger ones. Linux gives them a chance. I am sure you have seen Windows generation geeks: even those who can potentially learn did not do that because Windows did not let them do that. Bootscreen blocked it all. -- vda 3307 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/