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<DIV><SPAN class=718482611-31012005><FONT face=Arial>I learned an important
lesson over the weekend. One of my friends a lady in her 'forties' is
beginning a part time degree, and needed her computer set up with the
appropriate software. The computer in question is my fiancees old
computer, as she no longer needs it. The friend has been using M$ for
a number of years, purely on an user basis for basic wordprocessing, some IE
surfing and the odd bit of grapical work - ie paintshop. I suggested
that as I was starting from scratch, why not try linux. She agreed and I
installed 'ubuntu'. After taking her on a very basic tour of it and
expaining that 'Open office' would do exactly what she wanted. The timid
soul that she is she still said 'no', please put M$ back on the PC. The
reason given is that she already knows M$ and she does not have time to get into
yet something else. Also, I would not always be around to help her if
anything went wrong and she is not a techie.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=718482611-31012005><FONT face=Arial>The fact is that the
majority of users (I believe) fall into this category - they are not techies,
and never will be. Quite a formidable barrier to overcome. I really
dont know the answer to this one. I won't give up though. I still
believe that she should have given linux a go, especially as her computing needs
are so few - she would have had a very stable system and missed out on
all the crashes, viruses, trojans, ad-ware etc. etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=718482611-31012005><FONT face=Arial>Never mind - onward
ho. My fiancee - Sue however, seems to like linux, although she is
very new to it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial>--<BR>Angelo Servini<BR>Programmer/Analyst<BR>Claybrook
Computing Ltd<BR>Sutherland House<BR>Russell Way<BR>Crawley<BR>West
Sussex. RH10 1UH<BR>* 01293 604955<BR>* 01293 604099 (Fax)<BR>*
angelo.servini@claybrook.co.uk<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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