-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 April 2004 19:53, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Of course, Anne. And I'm not the one to take part in this discussion > seriously, because I never used Windows myself. My experience stems > from wathching my collegues and some of my family and friends > fighting with their Windows-PCs. It seems to be an eternal > re-install-fest. I don't know if it's possible to "clean" a > WindowsPC, at least it isn't for them. And they don't enjoy it, > that's for sure, what with swearing all the time. It doesn't appear > to me that Windows it especially userfriendly. On the other hand, I > always enjoy to install a new Mandrake, not because I have to, but > because it's fun (well, most of the time). A few weeks ago, some > friends watched me install MDK 10.0CE. Half an hour later > everything was functional and updated. And I never had a virus, a > worm, a trojan or anything malicious. And updating is a no-brainer > nowadays. That, I call userfriendly. > It's not so much pig-headed resistance to change that's the enemy, I find, as the fear that it will take too much time to learn a new system. I'm pluggin away at the family, but getting nowhere. You are right about the constant battles, though in fairness, the only machines that I maintain that had problems before the virus storms of the last year were two boxes where demos and such were constantly being installed and uninstalled. All the ones that were used seriously were pretty stable. Problem is that they would be the ones who would benefit most from changing now, and they are the ones where the owners can't face the change, especially since I won't be on hand to hold hands during the aclimatisation. It's not the value of windows that has so many enthralled, just the installed base. So many people have similar experiences and can help out.
One of my users, for instance, needed help on a day when I just could not get to her. The problem appeared to be connected to Mozilla (for windows). She rang the small computer firm down the road, who said that the only way they could help her was by taking off Mozilla. She can go to them for upkeep of her box, no problem, but she would have to use M$ Office and Outlook. They only know windows software and they were not even prepared to look at the box if she wanted to keep Moz. She had to wait until the next day when I could go to her. The problem was fixed in 2 minutes, and it took me an hour's drive each way to do it. It was her modem, by the way, not the software at all. So, inertia on the part of some, and fear on the part of others, is what I'm seeing. I do believe that we will gradually win people over, but the battle is far from won. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAgYBlkFAvMr/nNX8RAqVYAKCN+bTKr8abV1RboUNOFb3/0OibSQCeLWAd aYPM7wTsr5V8FKpxBojbl7Y= =4obY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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