Jim Lemon wrote:
This is another of those interesting discussions that sometimes veers
close to a "Creationism vs Intelligent Design" slanging match.
1) Why do Apple and Microsoft spend more than the GNP of some
countries in legal fees fighting over user interfaces?
Once you've got your user on autopilot, change is disruptive.
Heh, funny you mention this, I was just looking at this
http://www.xpde.info/
They don't appear to have a Windows Explorer (the file manager that
often crashes taking down the entire desktop) look-a-like yet. Which
means they won't get far with your ingrained Windows user, but it's a
nice start.
I actually do think this is the way to go if you want to get Windows
users to switch to a Linux system enmass. Once they've settled into
their new (but similar) environment they can start playing with
different window managers and the like. This whole "cold turkey" switch
campaign that people seem to put forward for switching to Linux is a bit
too hardcore IMHO.
Trent
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