OT gripe [Was: Thanks!]

[Brian Fahrlander]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 10:03 -0800, Bevan C. Bennett wrote:

> Just to pick a bothersome nit, but 'PC' (personal computer) refers only 
> to the -hardware-, not the software running on it (PCs are traditionally 
> based on AT or XT form factor x86 compatible systems).
> 
> "They are coming from PCs, not linux boxes" doesn't strictly make sense, 
> as most personal linux boxes are PCs (as opposed to PowerPC or server 
> systems).

    Well, I see the hardware as a smaller part of the puzzle; once
you've worked on three different machines of vastly different arch's and
used exactly the same command set on each, you might feel that way, too.
A "Linux box" just describes the platform, but it also tells something
about the social aspect, too- the expectations from the exact same
hardware are much less under Windows, for example.

    And besides...putting Linux on *any* hardware makes it better, no?

    :)

>  From context, I suspect you meant to say something like "they are 
> coming from Windows, not Linux, PCs".

    Yep: I was counting on your having a sense of context.

> I apologize for the OT issue, but this is one of those little 
> wrongnesses that really bugs me for some reason, so I'm on a general 
> quest of education to stamp it out.

    Well good luck with it; there are only two wrongnesses that really
bother me: Microsoft and Satan. I have a feeling they both have the same
mailing address, though.

    :)

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