[olug] Switching the other way - 'A week of Windows'

[Jay Swackhamer]

What victim mentality?

The article merely shows another perspective, with someone switching from
linux to windows.

The victims are the windows users that just let things slide, just
assuming that 'it's the way it's supposed to be' when they need to
continually re-install their machines, and continue to purchase add-on
software for basic computer functions.

There is a place for each OS, and I support both(along with others), and
each has it's appeal to different people.

The Windows/AOL type customer is better off at CompUSA, I try to appeal to
the people that want something different.

I also do express enthuiasm for Linux, I've been known to discuss and
demonstrate software for hours without the mention of Windows.

But I still have to support Win Problems from frustrated customers........

And have to constantly disprove the MS propaganda that 'Linux is more
difficult to use' If someone thinks it's difficult to use, I just let my
7yr old daughter show them how to use Linux.



> You know, Jay, I don't believe you're really helping your cause here.
> If you guys (the Linux community at-large) spent half as much time
> expressing your enthusiasm for Linux as you do your disdain for MS, who
> know how far you would have advanced your cause by now.
>
> And as a small business man, I would think that you would want to appeal
> to the widest possible audience.  I just don't get it.  Why would you
> let an article like this set the tone for your business?
>
> Your story would so much more compelling if you could just get past the
> victim mentality.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Jay Swackhamer
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:45 AM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: [olug] Switching the other way - 'A week of Windows'
>
>
> here's a few excerpts from the article.......
>
>
> http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/10/09/0552252.shtml?tid=13
>
> A week of Windows
>
>  We see dozens of 'Migrating from Windows to Linux' stories that talk
> about features Windows users miss when they switch, but we rarely see
> articles about moving from Linux to Windows, and what kind of pain that
> can cause. I hadn't used Windows for more than an hour or two at a time
> since 1998, so I decided I was as qualified as anyone else to write
> about moving from desktop Linux to desktop Windows. I have now used
> Windows for an entire week. This story marks the end of that week, and
> I'm glad it's over.
>
> ........
> Four awful hours with Microsoft Internet Explorer
> .........
> Those Microsoft people need to get on the stick with Explorer. This lack
> of tabbed browsing is simply not acceptable. There is no good excuse in
> this day and age for distributing a browser that doesn't have this fine
> feature. Explorer simply won't be ready for the desktop until it has it.
> ..........
>
> ..........
>  My heart goes out to Windows, Outlook, and Explorer users all over the
> world, and I would like all Linux users to please start showing our
> poor, Microsoft-locked friends and coworkers as much sympathy as
> possible.
>
> Lord knows, they deserve it.
>
>
>
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