Dianne Reuby wrote: > I think many people have hit the nail on the head - if it's working, > most people don't want to change. My dad only switched to Firefox when > IE suddenly stopped working (have you fixed it yet, MS support - or have > you taken my advice and switched to Firefox as I suggested?). > > I switched last year because I knew I wouldn't be able to justify > (financially) a new PC that would run Vista, and thought I'd better look > into other options before my XP became unusable - I didn't want to have > a steep learning curve when I had things I wanted to do. I saw two > articles about Ubuntu, sent for a LiveCD, and liked it. > > I think that's a target audience we need to consider - others like me, > on a limited budget, who are using a PC as a hobby, and who won't be > able to run Vista without hardware upgrades.
Yes I think this is a major target audience. I have come to think of this audience as 'FOFM' - Friends or Family Members who in practice act as a complete network of underlying support for general (windows) computing in families, groups or neighbourhoods. FOFMs have a great influence, and if even a few begin to take an interest in (ubuntu) Linux then there is a disproportional effect. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
