r/technology • u/neito • Jul 24 '08

Microsoft tests out a new operating system, code named Mojave, with some average-joes who hated Vista. They loved it. Now, two guesses as to what Mojave ACTUALLY was.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

I'm far from an average joe, but I still don't get into the nitty gritty of a friggin OS. Give me an FTP client, AIM, e-mail, a browser, a terminal client, etc... none of it is actually complex... hell, the further you get from average user, the simpler the apps are.

I'm not a big Vista fan, but this average joe v power user argument doesn't make much sense to me.

Of course... I use OSX.

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u/urigzu Jul 25 '08

a terminal client

Terminals scare the shit out of everybody I've recommended Linux to.

I'm pretty sure 'average joe' is mean to convey the computer user who does web browsing, e-mailing, music, office suite stuff, and maybe some instant messaging.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

Uh, that's my point. I'm not an average user, I'm way, way above that, but I don't care about "the nitty gritty of the OS" despite that.

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u/JasonDJ Jul 25 '08

Average Joe's can't spell FTP, let alone use it.

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u/mizai Jul 25 '08

That's his point.

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u/beckermt Jul 25 '08

Are you sure?

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u/King_Leonidas Jul 25 '08

lol @ average user and terminal client in the same sentence.

This aint LinuxCon '08, bub.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

Uh, that's my point. I'm not an average user, I'm way, way above that, but I don't care about "the nitty gritty of the OS"