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Theodore Ruegsegger wrote: > Beware unintended consequences, unless your users are sophisticated > enough to try GNU/Linux all by themselves. "Ordinary users" aren't > worth the bother. > ... > They don't want to learn anything--they want it to work without any > effort or care on their parts... This hasn't been my experience. The key to a successful migration is to do it incrementally, starting with the applications. Once a user is well familiar with a suite of cross-platform applications, switching the OS is hardly noticeable. The response I hear is "wow, its faster." Of course this works for a typical, casual user, and not, say for the accountant, who is wed to their Windows-only accounting package. That poses more of a challenge. The same general principle should apply to easing a Windows to Mac transition, if you feel OS X justifies the hardware/software cost. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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