As they say, "THere are more than one way to skin a window..." [err... is that 'cat' or something?] *lol*
On 6/18/05, Jay Javier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me just tell a story about my brother, he was used to using windows at > school. When i gave him my old PC with Mandrake 9.1 loaded his first > reaction was "WHAT IS THAT!". I explained to him the merits of using a > Linux system. Afterwards he just asked about the compatibility of > open-source apps with windows apps such as word processors, spreadsheet, > etc. i demoed to him OpenOffice (not the browsers, we live in a backward > town remember?)after seeing that what he can do in MS Office he can do > with OOo and that the gui is not much different he agreed not to reformat > the PC. Now he is a fulltime linux user. > > As with other pips in Gabaldon, when i show them the linux desktop (KDE & > Gnome) their reaction was the same, that its cooler than WinXP and then & > there bugs me to dual-boot their PCs, or have a copy of Knoppix. > > I guess one of the reason for easily selling to them OSS is the way i > approach them (people). before i even show them what i am carrying i would > say to them in my most mayabang way, "tingnan nyo to, mas maganda sa > windows! 9or something to that effect)" and after a simple demo, they are > sold to OSS. i guess its just a matter of conditioning. > > thank you for your patience with my blabbering! > > > > > Jay Javier > > Registered > Linux User #361437 > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Sports > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Mhac Janapin PBTS SysAd www.pbts.net.ph ============= http://mulingsilang.blogspot.com ============= I'm an Open Source Enthusiast. c",) Mozilla Firefox 1 - getfirefox.com Mozilla Thunderbird 1 - mozilla.org OpenOffice.org 1 ============= _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
