On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, David Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any tips or points for catching the attention of mostly IT 'dumb' ales > staff ? I am thinking Beryl/Compiz, the mention of no spyware and > viruses and the backing of big name companies like Dell, IBM and Novell.
People will feel intimidated if they feel that they have to give something up. Show them that this is not the case. There are plenty of ways to have Windows apps and FOSS co-exist peacefully, including: * running FOSS apps on Windows (e.g. Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice) before trying Linux * dual-booting * virtualisation * WINE The important thing is to fully determine what they do with their computers, so that you can offer a total solution. There might be some things that just have to be done on Windows, but the rest might work fine on Linux. I'm currently preparing some handouts to give away at CeBIT. Here are some links from them: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ http://www.getgnulinux.org/ http://makethemove.net/ http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html BTW, it's a little-known fact that for many people Thunderbird plus the Lightning extension can make a viable alternative to Outlook :) -- GNU/Linux: because I reboot less often than Windows users reinstall.
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