[Gllug] Introducing the Google Chrome OS

[Peter Childs]

2009/7/10 JLMS <jjllmmss at googlemail.com>:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Andrew Farnsworth<farnsaw at stonedoor.com> wrote:
>> On Fri Jul 10  4:17 , Ryan Cartwright  sent:
>
>>
>> [*]   I work with Windows... no way around it in the Enterprise arena.
>
> Me too, I would have still bought the Linux one (wait, I did :-) ).
>
> If we don't push for Linux with our hard earned cash, who will?
>
>> [**]  Also, I have many family & friends[***] who use me as computer support.
>
> Uh, I stopped that by letting it be known I use Ubuntu on my laptop.
> After very scaring experiences providing help to friends, I decided
> that life is just too short.
>
>> [***] and NO, I'm not going to try to convert my 70+ year old mother to linux.
>
>
> If my mother can (she is 69, running Ubuntu at home) I am sure yours could :-)

Its surprising 69+ year old's are often easier to convert than younger
people, The young want games, and to use thing like iplayer, itunes
etc, Old are happy if they can write a letter, view and print a
picture and send an email and it "Just Works" (Which often windows
actually fails at.

Peter.
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