Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> schrieb am 2010-10-01 > 2010/10/1 Graham Lauder <[email protected]>: > >> The families: if the kid wants a computer then either Dad buys a new > >> one and the kids get the old, or they buy a new one but mom has no > >> say, it's either Dad or the kids because the parents don't know > >> anything about computers. > > > > Nonsense, It's interesting I know quite a few German families here in NZ, I think it's quite strange to tell someone he's talking nonsense, when his experience is based on linving in a country for decades and your own by knowing some people who migrated from there... > > I don't know about marketing, I've just been living here for decades > and been helping in the computer field for more than 15 years. I hold > computer courses entry level, I give advice with computer purchases in > families, etc. All my practical experience tells me what I've written > here. I have to fully agree with Wolfgang. The mother-centrated family model may be true in the amer-austra-new-zealandian world (at least the soap operas on TV tell this) but I'm quite sure that in more conservative europe the story is quite different. And: kids want their 3D-splash-them-all-games. Kids won't switch to Linux as long as the games industry doesn't change. Moms usually will work with what they know, every change is a problem, since it's different from what they are used to and they have to learn anew.
Oliver
