____/ AB on Saturday 21 July 2007 07:27 : \____
> On 2007-07-21, High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> claimed:
>> As Mark Twain stated in 1935 in his Notebook, "Nature knows no
>> indecencies; man invents them."
>>
>> Of these inventions, much has been said that is negative toward Linux.
>> This is of no wonder. As the 11th hour is approaching and as more
>> users, Governments and corporations embrace Linux and open source, the
>> more desperate the FUD tactics will become.
>>
>> Back in February this year, the following article pointed out increasing
>> FUD:
>>
>> http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2225368488.html
>>
>> The best way to combat FUD is for the IT community, business managers,
>> employees, teaching staff and students to try it themselves. Those who
>> are astute will do their own research.
>>
>> First hand knowledge will always overcome FUD.
>
> Someone asked on a forum I frequent for somebody to do a small writeup
> on linux: what is it?; what are the advantages?; what are the
> disadvantages?; can people duel-boot?; and a whole lot of other
> things.
You can reuse common primers.
> I took it upon myself to start it (I'm hoping to get some help from
> others there, and I'm making every effort to go overboard on being
> unbiased as well). I'll answer a lot of what was mentioned. But I won't
> be explicit about what people should or shouldn't do because my only
> real recommendation is: TRY IT. Grab a handful of live CDs, boot them
> up, see what works and what doesn't poke around and poke some more.
> Then boot up others and git to pokin'. And ask questions if needed. But
> nothing will be lost except time, and perhaps a few cents making copies
> to boot.
>
> In the same forum I've already sent some CDs to a few people that were
> on dialup. 2 of those made the switch without much help from me. I
> guarantee one of those isn't going back. I strongly suspect the other
> isn't either, but it's too early to tell. These guys raving on their
> own have spurred another to try it, and he likes it, too. There were
> already 2 other linux users (that I know of) that I never even knew
> used it until these guys picked it up.
Just don't mention Windows problems to those who have never used anything else.
It drives them away sometimes, just like those Mac ads.
> There are a couple of odd men out (they don't like it, or it doesn't do
> what they want it to do). They get gripey at me even though I never
> pushed it. In fact I only ever mentioned it if the subject came up.
> Anyway, I keep assuring the people that have some troubles with it that
> it's OK if they don't want to change anything. The main point is that
> they tried it and decided for themselves.
Sometimes it helps if you show them something they would never realise existed,
e.g. resize and move windows with the mouse and combos, copy and paste with
the middle key, virtual desktops, etc.
> You're right. The key is: TRY IT! Don't listen to me. Don't listen to
> the trolls. Don't listen to the tech press or TV or the statistics or
> any of FUD, Inc. Just plug it in and make up your own mind. And feel
> free to ask questions if you have something that isn't apparent.
>
>> The momentum is awesome!
>
> And it's growing by leaps and bounds.
Linux won in Wal-mart last night. It turns out they'll be selling Linux PCs.
It's like every week Linux wins another major distributors. Those Windows-only
contracts are being fragged like flies. How long before H-P's and Toshiba's
announcement...?
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