Tundra, I don't see that my previous comment should have been taken as 'elitist'. Let's take things one at a time, shall we?Now, given that there are many documented cases of people taking companies to court for not supplying warning instructions on things that should be patently obvious (such as putting "This is the top step on this ladder. Do not attempt to climb any higher"), I think that it is fair to say that the General Public (note: I did not mention the Windows based, computer buying Public) are, in general, fairly dim.

I appologise if my comments offend you, however, if you take a step back and look at the situation around you today, you might just agree with me. ;)

I agree with you :)
Its like the lady who sued McDonalds for a Million bucks cause she spilled her "Hot" coffee in her own lap and burned herself. Now McDonalds makes sure their coffee cups say: "Caution : Contents Hot" on them.

no, i am not offended. nor angry/frustrated/angst-ridden etc etc.
but i am curious.
how is it on the one hand, a person can make the pre-assumption (perhaps correctly) that the general public is fairly dim on most issues and on the other hand expect them to know whether windows programs can compile on linux? paradoxical.

in any case, my initial comments weren't directed at you Thymox. just unfortunate it ended up after your post and i didn't quote the person i wanted to refer to.

perhaps i should be more specific in future...

It's not a question of expecting the GP to understand about computers and that different OSs run programs in a different manner, it's a question of common sense (although this, all to often, seems to be rather uncommon). If you have two identical cars, except that one has a unleaded petrol engine, and the other has a diesel engine, would you expect the diesel one to run if you put unleaded into it, or vice versa? No. Now, I'm going to speculate that computers are, to the GP, very much like cars. They have a 'shell' and, for want of a better way of putting it, an 'engine' (something that makes them run, including the processor, but also including 'Windows' for the majority). Would it be so unreasonable to expect that programs written for one 'engine' would not work on another 'engine'?

i still think that there are still people who don't know about petrol or deisel cars. my own experience was that my knowledge of such things solidified (i only had a vague idea) only when i learnt how to drive and take responsibility of the car. i wasn't crazy about taking care of the car until i had to drive it.

maybe you'd think i'm thick ;) but hey it happens to the best of us...

in any case, i won't push my point further. just my view, no offense meant.

Oh, none taken, buddy. I understand entirely where you're coming from, and on occasion I do subscribe to your point of view, but normally I am amazed at the lack of insight that the GP has on what are really quite a simple concepts.

hahahah thats pretty funny acid_kewpie, that just about made my day. lol

thanks Thymox... you let me back away gracefully... :)