Of those people, how many attend your church? I too am a Christian. I might have success with other Christians whom I happened to be working with, but as I have said earlier, I can't see convincing any layman to switch apart from those I had some kind of other relationship with.
Andrew Baudouin Applications Programmer AWC, Incorporated [EMAIL PROTECTED] (225) 752-3939 x228 -----Original Message----- From: Joey Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Supporting Linux vs. Linux Zealotry > > In my experience, people are deathly afraid of computers and have no idea > what to do when problem X occurs with their favorite software program (that > has nothing to do with Windows' bugs, spyware or instability). They have > no interest in learning how to fix it, they just want it fixed ASAP. Any > technical explanation you might give goes in one ear and out the other. > They don't want to learn, they just want it fixed! They are not going to > switch to Linux because of some elitist's free software ideal. > I agree that many people think like this. I know you got someone else mad at you, but the reality is that most people simply DON'T CARE --- they just want their computers to work. That said, I have had success making quite a number of people understand the freedom aspect of Linux, as well as the monetary and technical superiority side of the equation. -- Joey Kelly < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > http://joeykelly.net "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
