-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/14 05:56, Mike Hingley wrote: > I wonder if advocacy for the Operating System is too narrow a > target. I think it’s fair to say that computers are typically seen > as Windows or Mac. People on a don’t tend to think about the > operating system in their computer - and I can sort of see that > argument. Advocating that someone should ditch their OS for a free > OS (in the true sense of free) might be a stretch for some people - > perhaps we need to start smaller, perhaps in looking at components. > Maybe Firefox and Chrome offer a “Foot in the door”. >
The problem with that is, both those (and LibreOffice of course) are available for Windows, so yes change the browser and office suite, but as they work on Windows, why change the OS? I think the far better angle post-Snowden would be security, privacy, and lack of viruses and malware. Just my 2d..... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUgXH9AAoJEO4y8v/rA+4NZScP/jsNAVWGjOMLUrJ2/Nf3A74t wmY2RZiZw19xxOnXGOTxoaGgAug49EdLL+ANMnXcslOhuupCZztlLY08I/X2/S3Z OjRvFZYBz9XdZenPzwGPXkrl3LW+05VoUcMxIcxEQ6oKzILvh0WeSKmq9t9nS0IB yrKdScppuMttClJ2zhwtS9QNUxv9yQ30/KZ4eGoDDLO4rQmGECjtYZ4tKW6FhZD0 qbdkydGLgjxUk0wk+3jqv6jUm4Cz9m80xhf5vQEJRtSgUg52ZHy4bAsVgnwa3jCK FvBuhFGTW5CEWVxXpk8OEk24cANassNbyarxDWW2RE2PFkWKWtgq6D+ccr2lHQTF M4WryhONAFem4y30AbN6l+RefcGAJbE1id/yZwU4l1hejnCvUOLFzQQk0aXXiOTv 1K9CRT7VDSC5Ha4CMENxoOo+WCIQN/qd0mxvCnJtbWBvLStzSJBYi0tacQjlePHz N6oh1Lilo0qsIpGG15noLad4wpnWpxRBmLmHQesBqdPxss3G7gKyvOxZNOZI2wPJ knzFqeup3FWu+f6umzlhCQMd8F/zcKQhi+sDDCxHdU/zfesML6P0TkJesNAoikIq 39vYvQAVkqihHxQj1YYLGY1sLsn8U9aXITlYY0tfIPchNlQe5IO8aEdV/2+FIYZg QuhbZFpddRjC1jqPG607 =nQPb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
