Re: [OS:N:] Open office community classes

[mike <mike@linuxlink.com>]

I have set up numerous boxen for older folks.  The only ones that have a 
hard time are those that have used M$ in the past.  The computer virgins 
take to linux like a duck to water and have bragging rights with their 
friends cause the have no problems with virii and such.


Mark Fowle wrote:
> I think the real issue here is not to present Linux as "like" Microsoft,
> but to show that it's a viable operating system with products that will
> allow you to do email, browse the web, blance your check-book, etc..
>
> I think part of the problem is having to compare the OS's - every OS has
> its share of issues - I have my 75 year old father running it and he
> does everything he needs to do - Just because most people speak
> Microsoft-ease (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access...) doesn't always mean
> thats what they want (ie Kleenex, Bobcat.....)  Just a thought....
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:11, Jeremy Hogan wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:16, Konstantin Riabitsev wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:06, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > >
> > > > And if you want to comfort them even more, there's always addons such as:
> > > > http://themes.kde.org/content/show.php?content=1499
> > >
> > > I my experience, apparent familiarity with other OSes causes more
> > > problems than it solves. While it may look like XP, it doesn't act like
> > > XP, and users will be constantly complaining because feature Foo is not
> > > available to them, or doesn't perform like they expect it to perform.
> >
> > It acts "enough" like it to function in a public access environment (ie
> > one where you'd expect not to have carte blanc access or *all* the tools
> > you could have or install at home). You click the menu, you launch a
> > browser. You double click an icon and launch a word processor.
> >
> > Many of these folks are beginners, and will have less expectations of
> > how it should work. These folks should also not have the skills or
> > access to admin the machine, so the veneer is deep enough.
> >
> > --jeremy
> >
> >
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