On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 02:21, Marko Asplund wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Michael Leone wrote: > > > > for a computer enthusiast switching to Linux or running Linux under VM > > > ware may be an alternative but when it comes to people with not a very > > > strong background in computers and who think Windows is the only "OS" > > > you can run in a computer the list of choices is unfortunately a much > > > more limited. > > > > Especially if those of us who do know better, don't teach them > > otherwise, especially by teaching by example. > > i agree that educating people of alternative solutions is important. the > problem, however, is that it's very difficult to find someone to pay you > full time for educating people to migrate from Windows to Linux. i know my > current employer wouldn't approve me spending considerable amounts of time > with Linux user IT support issues.
S/he might, if you can first convince them to switch (at least some) over, based on a pilot program. That's what I was referring to as "teach" - have a couple test/volunteer employees converted to Linux, and use them as examples for upper management. > > -- > aspa > -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP public key: <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> Conform or be cast out.
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