On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > So what kinds of people would you not introduce to linux > > The kind who have a closed mind and dont allow new thoughts, views, opinions to enter. Those that are so stuckup with their views that they think that they have the only solution and all other solutions are not even worth their consideration. Those that do not want to try new things because they dont want to disturb the status quo. I was introduced to linux as a result of my curiosity to look for something better, more secure/safe, more ethical (never liked the fact that i had a pirtated version) and more affordable after just one incidence of boot issues that threatened my data security. I knew that i could not live with that kind of uncertainity with my data and at the same time it felt absoultely foolish to go pay a big sum to get a legal copy and still the primary issue would not get resolved even by a fraction. Since then, my dad has shifted to ubuntu, he never required any hand holding, just had to point out that the taskbar is on top rather than down and thats it. We were anyway using OpenOffice and Firefox, so the move was easier for him. A few others, especially cousins in college too felt it was complicated, but after getting sick of formatting almost every month they made the move. They now dont want to go back. Almost all friends i know of have company issued laptops just like me and desktops or netbooks of their own at home. They are most difficult to convert. I never try to bear down on them to try linux. By the way most companies that i worked for didnt allow Linux. OpenOffice was the farthest they would go. -- Regards Narendra Diwate
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