presenting Linux to Windows admins

[Francois Ouellette]

> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 01:56:01PM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
> ...
>> getting replaced with Unix-based stuff.  They're not dumb people;
>> they're just accustomed to a very different set of OS customs.
>>
>> A friendly helping hand can give them a big leg up.  In contrast,
>> throwing "their stupidity" in their faces would just demonstrate that
>> LUG people are childish boors...
>
> (I lost much of this thread...)
>
> Calling them stupid in their face is stupid.  Etiquette dictates that
> you should do it behind their back and out of their earshot.  Perhaps,
> the best we (TLUG, individually or as group) can do is offer them to
> train them or anyone they care to send our ways.
>
> --
> William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>, Toronto, Canada

I have seen migrations from UNIX to Windows and THAT was a painful blow to
the techies' ego, who thought they were going from real work to
drag-and-drop type of system management with no hope of learning anything
interesting.

Now, for someone to migrate the other way around one can always point out
all of the NEW stuff to learn and enjoy considering the origins of Linux
and the features that the Open Source offers to those who are in for a
challenge.


 François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>


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