Linux In Two Cities

[Tim Writer]

Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Thu, 6 May 2004, William Park wrote:
> 
> > Children's division, it's closer to home.  For ordinary office/web/email
> > stuffs, Linux is ideal.

[snip]

> I have unfortunately concluded that most people do not go out and look for
> "what works for me" but rather they look for "what looks like MS-Windows".

While I mostly agree with you, the problem with this logic is that each new
version of Windows is quite different from previous ones and I often hear
complaints from users in that regard.  Yet they still go out and buy the
"latest and greatest".  I think the reality is that people are more
influenced by Microsoft's marketing than they care to admit and there's a
comfort level in having what their friends and neighbours have.

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