Re: [Trisquel-users] Why did you switch (or use) Free Software?

[jamathis]

I totally agree.  I think telling someone to "stop using all of this now, and  
only use this" is unrealistic.  People are creatures of habit, so if they've  
been doing something one way for a long time, getting them to change is going  
to be a gradual progression.  Even when the proprietary software they may be  
used to using changes something, there is an outpouring of resentment.  Look  
no further than Windows 8, Final Cut Pro, or Microsoft Office 2007 for an  
example.  People won't change by force or by guilting or shaming them into  
changing.  And you are right, the tactics of the FSF (RMS in particular), do  
tend to have the opposite effect.  If you tell someone they are wrong for  
doing something it accomplishes nothing but alienating them and putting them  
off.