[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

[Tom]

Hi :)

How to run from an Ubuntu Cd
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Does the shop have an old machine they would let you give them a
demonstration on? Ask them what the cd/dvd-drives read/write speed is
compared to the hard-drives read/writes, preferably while the LiveCd is
booting up. When they quote figures say something like "Ahh, so doing
stuff from Cd takes 100(?) times as long?"

Because the office apps are included on the LiveCd and it picks up
networked internet connections usually very easily it can be very
impressive. Just boot up with the Cd in the drive, click on FireFox,
open an email that has a ".doc" attachment and open the "Word"
attachment. If the network & internet is instantly picked up then use
the "Places" menu to find something on the hard-drive and open that
instead. Avoid getting caught-up in setting things up. Then reboot back
into their shop-display Windows so they can see no harm was done & no
trace left of your history.

"Preaching to the converted" can be a relief. Just finding like-minded
people is a relief when you feel so isolated from everyone around you
and it is what many of us in here did in our first posts. Even if that
was sooo long ago for some people that they have forgotten.

I am not sure but in my country people are easily impressed by the fire
writing effect so i spent ages learning to write my name fast with the
mouse & sometimes spend a while preparing for a particular demonstration
by practicing writing their (or thier company's) name. this 'backfired'
one time when showing a VJ who was more impressed with my handwriting
than the special effect! Apparently most people find calligraphy
impossible with the mouse.

I still support some Windows users particularly if the answer is going
to be easier using a LiveCd. I have often been tempted to install a tiny
linux such as Wolvix at the end of a persons hard-drive and then hide
the boot menu, just to make sure i have familiar tools there ready.
Clamtk is so much faster than Windows anti-virus scans.

When it seems like everyone around you is set against you just remember
Ghandi's quote "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they
fight you, then you win." So which stage are you at in a given
negotiation and which step follows next?

Also a lot of times when people are leaving Windows behind we see them go through the 5 stages of grieving
Denial
Anger
Negotiate, bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Although this starts the same as Ghandi's quote the order is a little different.

When i started with linux i couldn't believe it was so easy and got
angry about all the ridiculous things (defrags, virus scans) that i had
been forced to do before even being able to think about starting solving
a problem.

I tried getting other people to use linux but they all thought that
Windows must be the best because everyone uses Windows (read "The
Emperor's New Clothes") which often got me quite angry.

Then i figured that it was ok because at least 1 person doesn't have to
bother with all the Windows slow-downs and problems and that's me. Anger
is not a good way to win respect so i figured that i should stop
bothering to try converting people unless they showed some interest
beyond just griping about Windows.

Then i got hooked on some games & stopped bothering to listen to people
because it's depressing how often people will moan & complain but take
no action to solve their complaint.

Now i just feel smug when someone tells me their Windows woes. I can sit
back and chuckle about all those years with Windows and still the same
types of problems with it.

Blimey, sorry about this! I just wanted to write a quick short post saying "Show off the LiveCd"!!
Good luck and regards to all from
Tom :)

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