Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 3223

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On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:10:35 +0100,

I completely, utterly disagree. Ease of use can mean different things, depending on the person, the task, the tools, and the level of competence and knowledge of the person. But it's still important.

For me, for editing most text, vim has "ease of use" because it's fast at doing what I need to do. I have a lot of experience with it, and I far prefer the modal approach over that of say, Emacs, or the clickypointy stuff. But I fully admit that for my wife, Gedit, is a far better option, from the ease of use point.

For maintaining a system, with updates, new installs, etc. The linux package management system (especially apt and friends) is far easier than the MS approach. Doesn't matter if you're an expert, with 3000 hours, or a newbie, clicking his way through synaptic. The *task* is easier.

Ease of use, is often confused with discoverability. Often, especially those advocating Macs, confuse the terms. But it's not the same thing at all.

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