XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: peter-koehlmann@t-online.de   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > In message <92kuwnjjuxst.6qkk1mpjy552.dlg@40tude.net>, flatfish+++ wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:18:27 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In message , flatfish+++   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> And the Linux offering is like a Corvette that gets delivered to   
   >>>> your door in 800 boxes and a manual with a single piece of paper in   
   >>>> it that says "assemble all the parts so the finished product looks   
   >>>> like the picture on the box".   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually, no. The Linux offering takes the form of all these ever cheaper   
   >>> and ever more featureful NAS boxes that took away the market for Windows   
   >>> Home Server even before Microsoft was able to get it off the ground.   
   >>   
   >> Yea.   
   >> Now have average Jane make it work.   
   >   
   > 1) Buy.   
   > 2) Take home.   
   > 3) Take out of box.   
   > 4) Plug in   
   > 5) Switch on.   
      
   Much too complicated for flatfish Gary Stewart   
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