In any case, I think the learning curve of GIMP and Blender will never
be as steep as keeping a Windows machine virus free. Why? This is
because the latter is close to impossible. Moreover customers do not
appreciate going to a cyber cafe just to plug in their floppy or
pendrive and have a virus remove all their precious data.
Oh give me a break and be practical for once.
Bad joke.
I've not had a single virus or
spyware on my Windows box for over 3 years. We've had Rony on the list who
had to reinstalled Windows after a considerable amount of time. If you use it
properly, its pretty manageable. Yeah every customer in the cafe might not,
Out of the whole crowd of Windows users, how many qualify into the
category you are talking about?
but then in the cafe I converted, the owner would run anti-spyware and
anti-virus scans thoroughly every night before he left. He hadn't had a
problem even once.
Dream on. I've seen that happening. A couple of the people having webcam
sessions and a few others playing Counter Strike online simultaneously on a
512K line. Then again, the cafe soon switched to a very affordable 1M
connection.
How many is 'a couple and few others'?
You'll lose even more users rather than gaining them if you try this. Trying
to pull out people from their comfort zone is a bad idea if tried
aggressively. Have patience and go gradually.
Asking people to use Firefox is pulling them out of their comfort
zone? And who asked you to try aggressively? And who did not have
patience? You would do well to read a mail properly before replying.
And seriously, NO ONE is interested in freedom. They aren't
interested in learning about it either.
Is it? Then why don't they pay the tax or fee and get on with it?
Freedom is not about understanding patent and copyright laws, it is
about knowing that you can legally copy and distribute the software.
Seriously, get out of your self spunfreedom cocoon and be practical.
*sigh*
Moreover it would be nice to have the cyber cafe association issue a
press release expressing their preference towards free software
wherever feasible. It would be an excellant oppurtunity to let the
comman man taste free software.
LMAO!
You might end up laughing with a naked arse.
P.S. And btw, next time you reply to this thread, try to make sure that you've
actually done something about this issue.
I do not have a cyber cafe anywhere with 4km of where I have been
living for the past 4 years. The only place that is mainly used for
Internet and Web browsing is my institute's computer centre, where
every machine runs Ubuntu. The centre has always been haunted by first
year guys who do not have a computer of their own, and there has been
no decrease in this trend. Not a single soul had to be trained to use
Firefox on Ubuntu.
Want some proof? Here it is:
http://glug-nith.org/~spectre/?article=20070129-0108-NITH-Takeover
God save you,
Debarshi
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