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Fighting FUD with Humor

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the laughter-the-best-medicine dept.

Technophiliac writes to tell us MadPenguin in running a review of "Fighting FUD With Humor" Marcel Gagné's 2nd edition of "Moving to Linux". From the article: "The biggest obstacle is fear. Modern Linux distributions are easy to install and easy to use. Unfortunately, we are constantly presented with messages telling us that it's too hard and that the average person couldn't possibly grasp the complexity. That's rubbish. People aren't stupid and people who use computers learn new things all the time."

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  1. Re:It's not that it's hard by mctk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screw office, I need games.

    --
    Paul Grosfield - the quicker picker upper.
  2. Re:FUD??? by spyder913 · · Score: 3, Funny

    FUD is the 4th most common word used on slashdot. Please refer to any Linux, BSD, Apple, or Microsoft article.

  3. Re:HAHA by Jim+Hall · · Score: 4, Funny

    People are smart... Someone doesn't deal with the public...

    "A person is smart, but people are dumb, stupid and panicky." ~Agent K, 'MIB'

    "'To start, press any key.' Where's the any key?" ~Homer Simpson, 'The Simpsons'

  4. The BEST way to fight FUD by Fermatprime · · Score: 5, Funny

    I must not FUD. FUD is the mind-killer. FUD is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face Microsoft's FUD. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye upon its path. Where the FUD has gone there will be nothing. Only Linux will remain.

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    I hate the one hundred and twenty character limit for signatures with an all-enveloping, all-destroying, incredible pass
  5. Individuals may not be stupid... by SuperAbe · · Score: 5, Funny
    People aren't stupid and people who use computers learn new things all the time.

    Obligatory Men in Black reference:

    Agent J: Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it.
    Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.

  6. Re:At the danger of coming across as an elitist... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hate to break it to you, but you're going to die lonely and bitter.

  7. Re:It's true by finkployd · · Score: 3, Funny

    (1) That was the most erotic thing I have ever seen on slashdot.

    (2) There should NEVER be a situation where the above sentence is called for.

    Finkployd