"I just want it to work." is all the end user really cares about. They couldn't care less what the operating system is, how much it costs (sort of), or that one of the steps to keep it running is to reboot.
It's the ones with an adventurous bone in their body that will be willing to check out new things as long as they don't have to put too much into it; time, money, inconvenience. We only need 3 little things to take over the desktop: An environment that the user is already used to, a marketing department that can talk it way out of a sun burn and teachers who can explain it throughly and simply. justin bengtson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >--- Bob Crandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Good. I find that the general population is less reluctant to switch if the >> new >> one looks, acts and feels like the old one. > > Snip < > > the answer >was "i don't want to spend my time on the computer. i just want it to work." > Snip < > > >is there a *nix mail program with the look and feel of eudora? not like i need >it, i use webmail, but just out of curiosity. > >===== >Justin Bengtson @euglug=(v+ e- eug++ bsd? gnu++ s++) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"i called some kid 'b' the other day. it's the price >you pay for living hip-hop every day of your life." >Jerry (from the Point Blank Rangers) > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage >http://sports.yahoo.com/ > >
