>>"Urmil" == Urmil Parikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Urmil> Coming to the point, that long discussion was to forcefully
Urmil> encourage Khader as well as other Linux programmers to develop
Urmil> user friendly apps which in turn will encourage novice
Urmil> computer users to switch to Linux.
I am curious as to what you think would be our
incentive. Espescially if we think that some of these applications
are detrimental to hackers in the pre-larval stage.
Urmil> I had myself encouraged a lot of my friends to use Linux but
Urmil> when they found it less user friendly than M$ Windoze, they
Urmil> switched back. That was a great disappointment for me and I'm
Urmil> not prepared for it to happen again.
There is a season for everything. And indeed, Linux is ot for
everyone -- and you may end up doing Linux itself a disservice by
pushing it down the throat of people for whom it does not make sense
to switch. As you hve discovered, a premature move only sours them to
Linux, and they are less likely to look at Linux as a viable option
in the future.
Moderationin all things, and that includes Linux advocacy,
works far better.
No way would I attempt to convert my wife over from the system
she has invested all this time in learning.
manoj
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