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technologyDecember 26, 2002

Call me a Sissy All You Want!

LindowsOS has been regarded by some as being too easy to install and too easy to use. We've received flack from hardcore Linux gurus for making it too easy. PC Magazine refers to LindowsOS as a 'Sissy Distro,' saying 'Hardcore Linux users love to deride Lindows because it's too easy to use. I find their attitude puzzling; do they cut down a cedar tree and mine anthracite when they need a pencil?'

Bill Machrone, VP of Technology at Ziff Davis, just released an article in PC Magazine saying 'the question most people have about LindowsOS is whether they can use it on a daily basis without difficulty' — and the answer is 'yes.' He wrote that LindowsOS has 'become part of my daily computing life.'

We have made LindowsOS useable for everyone, and while this may go against the ideologies of some Linux gurus, it means a choice is finally available to anyone who couldn't afford Microsoft's high-priced software. We have now launched our Reseller Program so retailers can offer LindowsOS directly to consumers.

Michael Robertson, Lindows.com

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