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____/ Matt on Thursday 29 January 2009 15:00 : \____
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>
> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Matt belched out
>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Matt belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 10 ways to help users transition to Linux
>>>>>> | 2: Get users familiar with applications before you switch
>>>>> Impossible without cross-platform apps, of course.
>>>> Or emulators.
>>>> Or conversion environments (a la cygwin).
>>>> Or virtual machines.
>>> All of which seem to be burdensome to ordinary users.
>>>
>>> You would try to move users from Windows to Linux via cygwin? It sounds
>>> horrible.
>>>
>>> I would be interested in cases of people actually migrating using any of
>>> the approaches you mention.
>>
>> Ah, moving the goal posts again, Matt?
>
>
> I would be interested in cases of people actually migrating using any of
> the approaches you mention.
>
> Migration includes the eventual goal of using Linux as the only OS for
> almost all users, hopefully retaining an option to move from Linux to
> some other OS in the future.
>
> If that definition isn't good enough, maybe you could just point to any
> projects that have successfully used any of the three techniques you
> mention above as important intermediate steps in increasing Linux use
> and decreasing dependency on Windows.
Amarok hardly runs on anything but GNU/Linux (properly) and it is very popular.
How about the many gnu programs that run on hundreds of millions (maybe
billions) of devices?
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