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On 28/03/11 12:45, Neil Winchurst wrote:
Perhaps when they say they have never heard of it, we should ask them if they would be interested in a work shop on the subject,Roland Tarver wrote:True. This is the big problem. So many times when I try to talk to people about Linux, or even open source generally. I get the reply 'Never heard of it'. And this is often from eg business people who should know better. By which I mean they should be taking the trouble to look around to see if they could be doing things better.Speaking personally : I am actually quite passionate about it really and this certainly rubs off on those I meet. I have always enjoyed helping folk (with any endeavour - not just computing). I think the general lack of awareness that there even is an alternative to windows (or mac) is the main problem. People just dont know about linux.Just my opinion, Neil
i still agree that we should perhaps get people to try OSS on windows first then gradually move them if they so wish to alternative operating systems
in the mean time see if we can get the developers within the community to ensure there are proper documentation etc and support structures in place, which is also important until schools start teaching open source so that people leaving schools have the skills needed to support these systems.
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