Interesting question, Prosun. A quick counter question: why did you take to Linux in the first place? Yeah, you.
Was it cost? Was it something else? Speaking of myself, when I first tried to install Debian in my rusty old 16 MB RAM/1 GB machine, I did so because I started learning bioinformatics, realized being in Windows wouldn't help me much, and I did not want to dispose of my old machine either. Was it cost? maybe. I could probably afford a new PC then, and eventually had one, but the fun of hacking an OS installation for myself (or what it seemed like then) was the motivation. Oh, to be different from the Jonesses?? That begs this OT question. Why would someone, who is comfortable with his or her Windows OS, who can not care less about licensing the OS than about selecting the shampoo, would switch to Linux? Also, what is the current penetration of Linux in the Desktop user base in Kolkata? The answer to the question about conversion of users from Windows to Linux at the Kolkata Book Fair and staying that way lies there. I'd believe that most would evince an interest, play with the machine at the stall for a while, then go home and forget. Those who'd not, would probably start looking out for ilug-cal. /Arin --- linuxprosun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any member increasing for the BookFair? We tried our > best to increase the > GNU/Linux user. bye, > prosun > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
