On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:57 AM, david t. asuncion, jr. < [email protected]> wrote:
> Surprisingly, it doesn't matter to them. Its 50 - 50 for Windows and > Linux. Those for Linux are the first time PC users, while those for Windows > are those who had exposure to computers in the past. > Yup. Most people don't care what the OS is, they just need to get their work (or play) done. I found this out way back in 1997 (I was working for San Miguel at the time) when we were transitioning users from Win 3.x and DOS to Win95. We encountered a LOT of resistance from users of all ages, despite our explanations that we were upgrading them to more powerful computers and software that was supposedly easier to use. > So they asked me, how come the Linux boxes weren't infected with the > virus. I simply told them that "because its not Windows". > Couldn't you have just explained that, in general, programs (including viruses) written for Windows won't run on Linux? Brian
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