On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:46:13PM +0000, Roger Burton West wrote:
> On or about Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:43:46PM +0000, Michael Stevens typed:
>
> >We need to just get on with using linux, and other sensible stuff, and
> >IF PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS then we can tell them about it. But we shouldn't
> >try to promote it as what they want, because invariably they start going
> >"aargh, it' doesn't have all the shiny windows features, it must suck, and
> >you said it was good", whereas if they get interested in it themselves,
> >and come to you, you've made no promises so they can't be dissappointed.
> >OTOH, that doesn't help us much with the desirable goal of getting unix
> >used more in the workplace. I dunno.
> I think it's just like proactive evangelism vs "living a good life" -
> when your box hasn't crashed six times today, and it's running a clone
> of a production web site faster than the live box, and it's doing all
> the monitoring for the company, and... people start to say "ooh, how can
> I get some of that". This is a reaction that hitting them over the head
> with Debian CDs rarely engenders (though it's fun anyway).
I was actually thinking religion here as the analogy...
Anyway, we seem to be in furious agreement.
Michael
