<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Rowson</b> <<a href="mailto:christopherrowson@gmail.com">christopherrowson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am always recommending it to friends but<br>> they always look so alarmed at the thought of change and I 'm not very good<br>> at telling them why Ubuntu is so much better.- someone give me some sales<br>> talk quick!!!
<br>><br>> Caroline (LSP)<br><br>Hi Caroline, Giving someone a good reason to change, when they're<br>happy with what they have is always hard !<br><br>I think its important to draw their attention to the negative aspects
<br>of Windows. and contrasting them against the positive attributes of<br>Linux may work. Most people have never used anything other than<br>Windows. They assume that all computers are slow, need lots of<br>resources and get virus's (or is it viri!). Show them that there is a
<br>choice... Like the bank advert says "There is another way.."<br><br>For instance:<br><br>Q: Have you ever had a virus?<br><br>Did you know that some virus's/malware can steal your personal<br>details, turn your Windows computer into a gateway for pornographic
<br>emails and get you into trouble? Ubuntu by the way isn't susceptible<br>to virus's like Windows is. Using Ubuntu can safeguard you from bad<br>people on the internet.<br><br>Q: Does your computer start up slowly? If not, you're guaranteed that
<br>it will after time..<br><br>Did you know that Windows gets more and more 'bloated' the longer you<br>use it? This slows your Windows computer down, making it unresponsive<br>and sluggish. Ubuntu is designed differently. It doesn't get fat like
<br>Windows ;-)<br><br>Q: Does it cost you a lot of money, every time you need a new program<br>to do something?<br><br>A standard version of Microsoft Office 2007 could cost you around 300<br>quid, Photoshop could cost you more. Did you know that Ubuntu has
<br>thousands of programs available for free at the click of a button, and<br>you can still open all of your old Microsoft Office documents too!<br><br>In fact, this sounds like a reasonably good way to market Ubuntu via<br>
leaflets etc!<br><br>Chris<br><br>-</blockquote><div><br>Ububtu is reliable, free and friendly - Windows isn't any of these. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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