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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 :)"

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  1. Re:f'ing brilliant! by IWorkForMorons · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know there's gotta be a "Strong enough for a man..." joke in there somewhere...

  2. See by Gr8Apes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Linux isn't hard.

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    The cesspool just got a check and balance.
  3. Re:Reverse psychology... by el-spectre · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Good point, that...

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    "Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.
  4. Re:booth girls by RLW · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not funny. War is one thing but this goes to far. I bet this violates the Geneva convention.