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"Linux has failed because it is so difficult .... for a normal user"
And what do you call the "normal user"? Linux is difficult for people who've grown up with Windows.

And what do you classify as "failed"? It hasn't YET got a large proportion of the Windows market? That's because people who have used Windows, because it's preinstalled on nearly ALL PCs, don't know how to use Linux.

Who cares? Windows has failed because it hasn't learned to be secure AND easy to use.

Linux is NOT Windows and never claimed to be, but Windows is not Linux either and it has failed in places where Linux is commonplace.
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I have used OSX..  Patrick Jones | 03/27/06
Yes, and OS 9, Win 95,98,NT,2000,XP  Fred Fredrickson | 03/27/06
whats not simple about xp  csa0307 | 03/27/06
For which mindset?  Rick_K | 03/27/06
Its a password for the screen saver  csa0307 | 03/27/06
How hard is it to burn a cd in xp?  joethemacfan | 03/27/06
Still a security feature  Rick_K | 03/27/06
well i guess we'll have to agree to disagree then  csa0307 | 03/27/06
I've used both  Rick_K | 03/27/06
System Lockup is a System Security Function, so  Update victim | 03/27/06
Its not a system lockup  csa0307 | 03/27/06
It most certaily is.  Rick_K | 03/27/06
Passwords is a security function  nucrash | 03/27/06
Linux is much better  csa0307 | 03/27/06
tell me how intuitive..  mdsmedia | 03/27/06
"Linux has failed because it is so difficult .... for a normal user"  mdsmedia | 03/27/06
Vista is not just bells and whistles  csa0307 | 03/27/06
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Everywhere?  mlindl | 03/27/06
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90% is most people so you're incorrect.  osreinstall | 03/27/06
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At least 100 free flash blockers...  Anton Philidor | 03/27/06
True  osreinstall | 03/27/06
I'm surprised  tic swayback | 03/27/06
Me too  osreinstall | 03/27/06
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The so called mindless drive the industry.  osreinstall | 03/27/06
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What have you seen?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
They'd fly like Penguins. (NT)  Update victim | 03/27/06
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