Hi Poogle and folks, A substantial group of "interested parties" ( according to me it is a cabal - a pricefixing, anti-competitive group and thus illegal if Linux people did it) are going to arrange a "final solution" for *nix/nux. As I have kept saying and being attacked for, on this and other Sites: MARKETING IS KING. PROPAGANDA IN THE HANDS OF AN EXPERT CAN AND WILL KILL ANYTHING - PEOPLE, IDEAS, COMPETITION.
I give you some examples: Microsoft. NAZI Germany Apple Computer The only defence against it is either a better propaganda programme or strangely, word-of-mouth. The actual product is virtually immaterial. The only thing that will count is the *self-interest factor* in the pitch. The Linux community/supporters have only one chance, one chance. Put the word out about the "Evil Empire and how it is after your money" to your *personal* contacts. YOU. Forget entirely the social implications - that doesn't work - only in market surveys. Focus on conversion - a bit at a time. Like clever evangelist Religious canvassers, QUIETLY non- combatively. We could actually write a GREAT campaign of our own - we sure have the ammunition! We don't have the moolah either......... AND UNFORTUNATELY we still don't have a simple, workable street solution. So, of course it is a GREAT thing that Crossover is there! It opens a giant market that can easily be weaned away from the other side. Now if only *I* could get Linux to *usefully* load on any of my systems...................... There *IS* a gigantic and very professional project under way to bury *nix/nux ( that's even the insider name for it, very clever, get it?? Punchy, memorable, appealing.) I professionally think, sadly, that it will probably work very well and nix/nux will be permanently relegated to the position of Apple ( 5%-10% of the market) if it ever gets that far. The only thing that could even wreck that percentage entirely is the smartass kids showing off their code-sucking superiority as is typical in the Linux world. This fixation with doing everything the macho way - the hard way in Terminal mode ( very apt name ). Like people ranting about "real men use Notepad to write code in" ( wimmin of course, don't count). :-) You want to help the Cause? 1. Write to Newsgroups OUTSIDE of Linux. ( You would be surprised what is happening out in the world) SUBTLY remind everyone via your signature lines: *I'm* safe from the virus plague - I use Linux. Q: How come 9 out of 10 Real Big Servers in the world are Unix/Linux based? A: They don't fall down a lot. And are a LOT cheaper to run.......... For the fanatics: Certified 100% Microsoft product free! No viruses! Shane has a million of 'em. 2. Let everyone YOU know that you found it such a good thing to **save so much money HONESTLY** *and* not to be spied on any more, that you are happy to help any of your friends escape the financial trap. I have decided that the only way I see it working at all is the buddy system for starters. THEN User Support Groups. I was unable to find another person in all my contacts who on their own decided to try Linux. I am the only one. Each was prompted by a friend/contact. Not a single one by any form of advertising. The process has to be disciplined: 1. Convert the existing user base. Codeweaver now looks a great thing! No, it won't hurt KDE developers or others, competition is a good thing and look around - even better won't win. Just be good as and cheaper/EASIER. EASIER is the key. Not more functions. Easier. 2. Get the NEW starters. But don't kid ourselves - there is nothing as good as MS Office 97 yet. Same as people STILL use Outlook Express. It *is* easier to use! But if they have never seen it, and you help them set up things like filters and family group, in other words a useful basic install............................ John "Dreaming in paradise"? What would there be to dream about in Paradise? A challenge........." Kilneth ----- Original Message ----- From: poogle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:56 AM Subject: [newbie] CrossoverWine for Office > Probably start another lengthy thread here but I see that Codeweavers now > have a crossover that allows MS Office (including Outlook partly) to run > under Linux. > I can't decide whether this is a good thing or not, on the one hand it blows > away a lot of the arguments against migrating an office environment to Linux > but on the other hand it could harm the excellent work done by the developers > of KOffice, Gnumeric, Abiword and similar projects. > Personally I would find it hard to put an Office CD into the tray and install > it into Mandrake, just doesn't seem right somehow.... > > -- > Poogle......... Derby,England ---- Linux MDK 8.2 with
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