Dotan Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> On 21/04/2008, Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AH HA - I've seen those emails here form folks saying.."I have > > Openoffice.org on my machine and I don't know how it got here!" > > .....now we know what to say back.."Ask Dotan." ;>) > > Hehehe. I once installed Ubuntu telling her that it was the latest > Windows. Not to be malicious, but because I knew that she had been > brainwashed by MS and I knew that all she does is surf the web (no > email, no Office, no chat, only Firefox). Only next week, almost a > year after the install, am I going to tell her that she's been running > Linux for a year and ask if she wants to upgrade to the newest Ubuntu > 8.04. The desktop was KDE, right? When I first read this, I thought it was amusing and nothing more. Then I re-thought. Why ask her if she wants to update? She hasn't noticed anything, and she's happy. From her point of view, there's nothing to change. All you would be doing is: a) making a point that would likely go over her head (or cause her eyes to glaze over in profound lack of interest) b) confuse her - or irritate her because you'd be spending an hour or two tying up her computer. Moreover, if you DID update to newest Ubuntu, then from her point of view either nothing would have changed, or some niggling appearance thingie (that you wouldn't even notice) would have changed and it would irritate her. If it's run anything like Opensuse, then her current ubuntu should be good for at least two more years before support is dropped and you/she can't get pre-packaged security updates. At that point, you'd want to update just so it would be easy to remain current... for the next three years of no upgrades, no touching. If she was looking for an upgrade of some sort, it's far more likely that she'd be interested in a browser upgrade. Though where she might have heard about such things is hard to say, if she doesn't even do e-mail or messaging. I'd say, share your smug satisfaction with us, but don't bother rubbing it into your friend's face. She's not interested. She's happy now. She's happy with you. Why spoil any of that? Of course, if you have an argument and she throws out some snide comment about you and your silly Linux stuff, and her beloved Windows is just fine... well THEN you really hafta break silence and squash her mercilessly... but not 'til then. :-) Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
