[NBLUG/talk] #se7en -- http://windows7sins.org/

Steve Johnson fratm at adnd.com
Wed Sep 2 23:00:44 PDT 2009


Then you have those people who have actually switched away from linux after
years of use..  Interesting, I guess that would be like a Muslim becoming a
christian or atheist ;)

-Steve


On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Bob Blick <bobblick at ftml.net> wrote:

> Jordan Erickson wrote:
>
> > This needs to be communicated to school districts. Even better,
> > alternatives need to be communicated to *everyone*, because most people
> > still don't KNOW that you can run anything but Windows on a PC (PC. vs.
> > Mac is a great example). If people understood what open source was,
> > especially schools, many of them would be running Linux instead of
> Windows.
>
> That made me smile. Here are two reasons why you are wrong.
>
> 1. Since someone else pays, Windows/OSX and software are essentially
> free to schools. So why switch to something that requires time to
> master? They already know how to use Photoshop and Word.
>
> 2. Substitute "Christianity" for "Windows" and "Islam" for "Linux" and
> think how your communication plan would play out. You can just as easily
> get someone to switch to Linux as you can get them to become a Muslim. I
> know that's not a great analogy and not perfectly true, but you probably
> see there is something to it.
>
> People switch to Linux as an individual decision. Change comes from
> within. It's a slow process and what flips that switch is different for
> everyone.
>
> I've been using Linux for something like 16 years but when someone asks
> me about it, it's rare that I suggest they try it. The "bar" is still
> higher than Windows/OSX and the last thing I want is for someone to try
> it who is not ready and then they are soured for life.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>
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