On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 10:56:25AM +0200, Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 10:05:56PM +0300, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > using some version of Windows. I wonder how come most people & > > companies prefer Windows - is it because they're already used to it, or > > because they're afraid of changing, or because they want to use a > > specific software which is not available on Linux, or because they want > > to be like everyone else? > > It's because Windows is easier for them to learn and use than the > alternatives.
It's much much more than that. People are scared of change, they are scared and revoke anything that is different than the "norm", you could make a PERFECT windows clone in KDE somehow, and let people use that, telling em it's windows and they'd be happy, give them the exact thing and tell them it's NOT windows but something else, they'd revoke it, saying it's horrible, they don't want it, etc etc. My sister refused to switch to firefox, i kept trying to encourage her and my parents over and over and they simply kept refusing. I installed firefox, removed the internet explorer icon and put the an internet explorer icon on firefox, imported bookmarks, and let them use firefox for quite a while without knowing it. it was fine for about a month, till at some point they realized it was firefox when some site blocked them (israeli sites, blech), and then they started yelling at me like mad that i gave them that horrendous prog and demanded internet explorer back.. - ods15 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
