[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Anyone, and I mean anyone, can use it.

I could not be more in disagreement with that statement. I could give the author five examples from friends and family that would blow up that statement.

[ShadowAce]

If they can't use a GUI in Linux, then they can't use Windows. Once they are put in front of a GUI, the underlying OS is pretty much irrelevant.

The GUI may be a little different--things in places not normally found in Windows, etc. but the underlying methods and functionality is pretty much the same.