<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 06/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">David</b> <<a href="mailto:david@aliada.plus.com">david@aliada.plus.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Peter Childs wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> hmm most ordinary people don't care, if there computer arrived with<br>> OS2 on it they would not care so long as it does what they need it to.<br>><br>
> Old story of if its not broken then don't fix it. Why are there so<br>> many people who still use IE when firefox is available and so much better?<br>><br>> If we want people to use linux then we have to show.
<br>><br>> 1. Its better than windows ie more stable less likely to crash<br>> 2. everything they want will run.<br>> 3. Some extra value added they can't do with otherwise *that they<br>> actually want to do*
<br>><br>> The mac manages this and hence has a growing market share. Linux can<br>> do this but its hard work to demonstrate.<br>><br>> Peter.<br>Emm, I don't follow this 'argument'.<br> If people don't care about the operating system that is installed on
<br>their kit, when they purchase it, I am puzzled as to why we should<br>persuade them to change it. Isn't it a better use of resources to work<br>on the manufacturers? But, then, what do I know? I'm only a user.
<br><br></blockquote></div><br>i actually agree with you. <br><br>If we want people to change what came on the machine we have to give them a reason to change and currently there is not one. I much prefer to see a windows user using oo, firefox, gimp etc on there windows box than a windows user who has spent 1000s on word, excel, and photoshop and still moans about all the popups in ie!
<br><br>Peter.<br>