I siezed the opportunity to promote Linux at my work place when the Blaster Worm hit us. I successfully converted one person to using RedHat 9 with Ximian Desktop 2. She has been worryfree ever since.
In fact, some people in our Administration are familiar with Linux because every opportunity I get I tell them about Linux and how stable it is and how it could save them from the torture of having their Window$ crash twice daily and the cost factor. One of them even asked "Are you going to put the monkey on my computer?" She was obviously refering to XD2. Another guy was also asking about putting Linux on his. The bottom line is, you have to let your userbase know about Free Software and its benefit. M$ has a huge corporate structure and $$$ to pormote its product but Free Software does not. But we can certainly spread the good news by word of mouth. That's exactly what I have been doing. And it's working! I already have a few converts! Nash On Wednesday 27 August 2003 11:33, Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > >I think time is not on Microsoft's side no matter how much >FUD or > > propaganda they throw at other alternative OSs. > well partly true. People know of alternatives but aren't much interested in > alternatives. Most of the people(atlest the ones I know of) would rather > pay for an expensive antivirus software or firewall than use OS that are > designed with security and not $$$$$$$$ in mind. > > >As time passes, people are becoming more and more aware >that there are > > alternatives to M$ crap and these >alternatives > > >are known to be more stable than Window$ and far less open > to > > crackers,viruses. > To tell the truth , I think , only a few people would consider this unless > there are some good propoganda for open source software. And the time is > right now. People are aware of the alternatives but don't know how to get > them. > > The other thing is M$ is trying to get into schools and universities 'cause > they know if schools start using m$ products so will the students and > getting the students is more important now than before. but who's going to > take the initiative is the question here. > karthik
