[ubuntu-us-ma] Promoting Ubuntu: Battle Plans

[Michael Curran]

Martin Owens wrote:


>> Once you've convinced Deval Patrick or Tom Menino to install ubuntu onto their home computer you can start worrying about getting the government as a whole to switch to FOSS.

> Let me know when you've done it. This group is about doers, not just
> sayers.

> It's all nice in theory, but have you ever tried to perform some of
> these miracles? It's a million to one shot, very attractive to a
> gambler, but no certainty.

If they can't be convinced to use them at home, they'll never use it on the job.  See Vista as the example.  It isn't a matter of saying versus doing, if you attack from the front, pushing new software on users that use Windows at home, you can't win.

Michael Curran