[Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu and a Great Grandma. A great story.

[James Holden]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 09:29:16AM +0100, Marc Faulkner wrote:
> Excellent story!!
> 
> Really makes me laugh...lots of our (experienced) customers can't grasp even
> simple Linux distro's, yet this 88 year old Great Grandmother is having no
> real problems at all when using Ubuntu as a first time computer user!

I think it's a case of existing habits being more of a hinderance than a
help.

I'm hopeless if you stick me on a Mac, and almost hopeless if you put me
on a Windows machine because I've un-learned all the reflexes associated
with that particular environment.

Similarly, my two lads (5 and 6) are very at home on Ubuntu, but are
unremarkable on the Windows machines at their school, for the very
limited tasks they're required/allowed to perform. They ask "where's
firefox?" in the same way that Windows users ask "where's the blue e?"

james

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Philip Wyett
> Sent: 15 April 2009 04:46
> To: wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: [Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu and a Great Grandma. A great story.
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> I'll not spoil this one and leave you to read it through. :-)
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> http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/shopping-delivered-by-ubuntu-linux/
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> Regards
> 
> Phil
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