On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 02:21, Marko Asplund wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Michael Leone wrote:for a computer enthusiast switching to Linux or running Linux under VM ware may be an alternative but when it comes to people with not a very strong background in computers and who think Windows is the only "OS" you can run in a computer the list of choices is unfortunately a much more limited.Especially if those of us who do know better, don't teach them otherwise, especially by teaching by example.i agree that educating people of alternative solutions is important. the problem, however, is that it's very difficult to find someone to pay you full time for educating people to migrate from Windows to Linux. i know my current employer wouldn't approve me spending considerable amounts of time with Linux user IT support issues.
S/he might, if you can first convince them to switch (at least some) over, based on a pilot program. That's what I was referring to as "teach" - have a couple test/volunteer employees converted to Linux, and use them as examples for upper management.
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