[ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

[Mark Allison]

Great responses! Thanks everyone. I think it comes down to some people view
their computer as a tool, and some people as a hobby. My Dad is certainly in
the former and doesn't care what OS he is using as long as it does the stuff
he wants. I'm sure that Ubuntu would do the stuff he wants, albeit in a
different way, but he has learnt that way now, and doesn't want to invest
time in learning a different way.

I posted here because I know some of you are very enthusiastic about getting
people to switch to Ubuntu, and I found it interesting that my Dad wanted XP
back because Vista was too different. I'm sure if he had started on Ubuntu,
he wouldn't switch to Windows (or Mac). He wasn't even seduced by my nice
20" iMac. Horses for courses... :-)

Mark.

On Dec 21, 2007 5:18 PM, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:

>
> > > 70+ was because I know very few people older than 70 who will go near
> a computer, and that is past normal retirement age (~65)
> > >
> > >
> > I help a neighbour who is 80 - and there will be more of them soon :-)
> >
> > For the other categories  20 years is an enormous jump in age but I
> > accept you can't change it easily.
> >
> > Still it's a bit of fun - it was nice of you to do it
>
> Agreed, it is a bit of fun with a little, serious edge to it. My brother
> is a regular user and still does a bit of programming (approaching 73
> years). I've given up programming but still enjoy pottering around with
> both software and hardware (approaching 80 years).
>
> Norman
>
>
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