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Toy Penguins and Male Egos Drove Linux Acceptance

Posted by michael on from the hello-to-the-FDNY-Hell's-Kitchen-company dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Germany's local and city councils have been pioneering the migration from Windows to Linux. Now, one of the IT staff behind one move has revealed how they persuaded workers to accept the changes. Stuffed toy penguins and Linux t-shirts helped to create an open-source love-in at the council offices, and they got a senior chairwoman to demonstrate the new system to the troops. Male ego stopped anyone claiming that Linux was difficult to use, once they'd seen that the 'weaker sex' could master it :)"

2 of 548 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Reverse psychology... by NineNine · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you don't want every other women within earshot saying "asshole" under her breath

    Actually, I do. Assholes get laid. "Nice guys" don't. Sorry.

  2. superbowl summery by budgenator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1 commercial of the pre-pubescent "linux-kid"
    2 commercials for erectile dysfunction medicine
    1 half time showing of Jannet's titty

    I sense a conspiracy, time to get some tin-foil condoms! Just remember, erections lasting more than 4 hours require intervention.

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