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>   Do we really even care about Windows?  I mean, we can just keep
> dumbing down the tools but at some point we just have to say "this
> is not for you".  There are plenty of beginner packages for the
> Windows crowd.

In this case, the user has been an SGI hacker, assembly programmer,
and all-around nerdy smart guy.  He just has to use Windows for his
job, but has all the usual GNU ports installed to give it a unixy
feel.  I wouldn't call it "dumbing down" but "making it available to a
new level of user".