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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think you have actually described it
very accurately. This is the same reason why people like Android
and the Apple counterpart so much, it is 'tap and play'. It is
also part of the reason why viruses are prevalent on Windows
systems and not on Linux, just click and install.<br>
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Michael<br>
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On 22/09/14 13:22, Brian Reay wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Don't forget the issue of the average user
(employee). They will almost certainly use Windows Applications
at home, or have come from employers which use them, or
educational establishments which taught them. Sadly, the
'market' penetration of Linux is minimal on the desktop,
something Linus T describes as his 'personal failure' (more than
a bit harsh in my view but his own words).
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<div>Linux is still very much a 'niche' OS. used mainly by
'nerds and geeks' (not intended to be an insult, I use it). </div>
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<div>It isn't helped by the many versions of Linux, the need to
revert to the 'command line' to do some things, your average
user wants everything 'plug and play' or at least GUI. They
aren't like us, to then a problem is a problem, not an
opportunity to do what we enjoy.</div>
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<div>What I've said may seem 'anti-Linux' but I assure you I am
anything but.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2014 20:49, Jonathan
Kaye <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jdkaye@riseup.net" target="_blank">jdkaye@riseup.net</a>></span>
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Attwood wrote on 19/09/14 18:19:<br>
<span class="">> well knock me sideways and call me
marvin:<br>
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> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fossforce.com/2014/09/redefining-the-public-library-using-open-source-ideas/"
target="_blank">http://fossforce.com/2014/09/redefining-the-public-library-using-open-source-ideas/</a><br>
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</span>Thanks for the link, Dan. I could forward it on to
our councillors just<br>
to wake them up. I wrote to one of mine this morning but
haven't even<br>
had an acknowledgement as of now. So much for representing
us, eh?<br>
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