On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 05:34:37PM +0530, Dnyanraj Mali wrote: > source e.g. frequent blue screen, virus problems, software ones developed by
Precisely such are the things that will get a buy-in from common people than any amount of philosophy. I remember telling a relative about Linux, who was turning a deaf ear till I said in last decade or more I had to never format my hard disk because of a "crash"... The person was just overawed with this... and at least got into "ok let me try" mode. Stability, security, efficiency, flexibility, ample choice of software for a given functionality - that too inter-operative so that you do not have a lock in, easily available updates, time to wait before an issue gets fixed, vast community support in simple matters related to setting up and using the software and of course supporting points like illegality of pirated software, costs otherwise etc. On each such aspect some digests (appealing examples etc) are needed for a non-tech person to understand. Also needed at times is some convincing about "different" does not mean "difficult". Most users who get acquainted with one certain way of doing things don't like to visit a learning curve again and mistakenly call the new thing they come across as "difficult" to use. I have read somebody's experience in some forum where this person introduced his elderly family members who had no prior exposure to computers with Linux computers. After a few months of getting used to, when they had to use Windows for some reason, they found many things awkward. First thing they said was "What do you mean I have no home directory?!"... Mayuresh. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
