Give grandma the right reasons to use Ubuntu

[Jack Bowling]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:35:49AM +0100, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> M. Fioretti wrote:
> > First of all, I would recommend to not install (ie force on them) any
> > Gnu/Linux distro if those people are already comfortable with
> > Windows.
> 
> I would agree with you but:
> - Why brand new PCs are sold with Windows? Do the customers explicitely 
> ask for Windows?
> - The commercial practice of Microsoft made Windows the leader OS for 
> lambda people _AND_ sunday developpers (have a look at all the little 
> VB, C#,... softwares all over the internet, you will even find some 
> software to wipe your ass after going to the WC but windows-only)
> 
> So, people will never know the existence of free software if you dont 
> push them a bit, just a bit.
>

Andy Updegrove is running a great summary of how MS came to dominate the PC
market. Check out:

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071210070513432

(watch the line wrap).

Jack