Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is one potential user of Fedora: Judy, from Arizona. > She sent in a letter to the editor of Red Hat Magazine that > makes me weep inside. > What do we have to say to her? Oh, this is a simple one. 1. Terminology 2. Red Hat provides services, but Linux is a community 3. Linux software on Windows First off, you explain that you apologize but there is a great shift in terminology from Windows to UNIX-like systems including Linux. This is often part of the learning curve, much like a Macintosh can be for a Windows user as well. Secondly, you explain that Red Hat services, including business, are often for a price, just as Microsoft services are. But both are geared towards business. But the great think about Linux, unlike Windows, is that there community of users -- most likely already local to her -- that are more than willing to help her for free. [ Send her info on her local Linux user group ] Third, you can point out that Linux can run on Windows, in the form of spyware-free, virus-free Free Software like Firefox, OpenOffice.org, etc... If she is finding the interface and greek of a UNIX-like system too much, she can greatly benefit from running a lot of the Linux software on Windows, instead of going directly to Linux today. And because she will be saving all new data in all new formats, when she eventually does switch to Linux, the transition will be much easier. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers) -- fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
