On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Brian Baquiran <[email protected]>wrote:
> > 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? > I actually did my friend. :) It was part of my discussions in the first few days of the training. > > Brian > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- David Tacasa Asuncion, Jr. website keeper, forever linux newbie, BUM extraordinaire Linux User # 406430 http://counter.li.org/ GPG: 0A024BC0
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