scripsit Alvin Oga: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Thanasis Kinias wrote: [snip] > > I would like to have something I could hand to non-geek colleagues which > > would give them the hand-holding they need to realize that they _can_ > > learn this, and that if they put in a little effort they will be richly > > rewarded. > > everybody has deifferent levels of "what they are willing to do to learn > this" or not .. > - some dont mind spending a few minutes to figure out how to > setup their ip#, gw, dns, ... > - some dont even wanna try > - some dont mind compiling ... some do know how or what it means > and that includes [regular] system admins ... > - and forget it when it doesnt compile > - some dont mind installing precompiled binaries ... > and others are paranoid about precompiled binaries .. > > == > == pick your level of "want to learn" vs ease-of-use vs > == need for upgrades and updates ... vs backups of their data > ==
Well, the colleagues I'm thinking of are academics in the humanities (see my sig!) who don't necessarily know what an IP address or `compiling' is, much less worry about installing precompiled binaries. But for a wide variety of reasons they might want to rid themselves of Redmond (and not everyone has the budget to go out and buy shiny new Macs). They're intelligent and well-educated people, however -- we're not talking about Joe Sixpack mouthbreathers. They don't need to be talked down to, but they also don't like being made to feel like idiots. -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. . Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
