I can certainly agree with that - Katz, if your reading this: If you keep pumping out articles like that then I will make a point of reading every single one of them, and beating other people into doing so as well. It was fantastic to find there *were* people who felt the same way I did.:)
I use IRC a lot, and if anything I've seen the reverse. One person I know was banned for life after telling a newbie to dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda.
Sorry if this makes no sense, it's late at night and I'm tired.:)
Personally, I don't think we have to compete with Windows in the typical way. The way I've seen things happening is via word of mouth advertising.
I personally make it a point to mention Linux every single time I see someone complain about Windows crashing. I don't push it at this point, I just mention a few websites and tell them they should look into it.
After a while, you can catch them *just* after a crash. At this point you mention Linux again, so they agree to try it. Assuming they get a little help to get off the ground, they generally are happier.
Now, people like to know what they have, and so they start to investigate the bundled applications, and will generally come back to ask what certain things are: "What's this 'perl' thing". So, you explain it's a programming language and so on, and you slip in a little about freedom here. You make a point of saying. "This is given away for free, in the hope that anything you make with it will be given away as well."
Now, at this point everyone has at least one small task they'd like to be able to do easier, even something as odd as an alarm clock that plays mp3s at a certain time.
So, you dig out your copy of "Programming Perl" which you *do* of course own. *grin*
You lend this to them, and they work away at their little script, then they submit it for your approval. You make a few changes and send it back, they start to get into the spirit of sharing at this point, rather than slapping a free on it and trying to cash in.
Maybe they decide to send this little alarm clock to a few of their newly found friends who run Linux, and one of those suggests a copy of ideas to add to it. They attempt to add those, and the few friends submit patches and changes that they spotted.
Thus, another convert is born. I'm seeing this happen all of the time at the moment, and I think it's the one real way Linux will win.
Who do you trust more, advertisers or your friends? Exactly.
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I can certainly agree with that - Katz, if your reading this: If you keep pumping out articles like that then I will make a point of reading every single one of them, and beating other people into doing so as well. It was fantastic to find there *were* people who felt the same way I did. :)
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I use IRC a lot, and if anything I've seen the reverse. One person I know was banned for life after telling a newbie to dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda.
:)
Sorry if this makes no sense, it's late at night and I'm tired.
Or just use 'at', but it's no fun mentioning the easy way to do things, or people become lazy. ;)
Personally, I don't think we have to compete with Windows in the typical way. The way I've seen things happening is via word of mouth advertising.
I personally make it a point to mention Linux every single time I see someone complain about Windows crashing. I don't push it at this point, I just mention a few websites and tell them they should look into it.
After a while, you can catch them *just* after a crash. At this point you mention Linux again, so they agree to try it. Assuming they get a little help to get off the ground, they generally are happier.
Now, people like to know what they have, and so they start to investigate the bundled applications, and will generally come back to ask what certain things are: "What's this 'perl' thing". So, you explain it's a programming language and so on, and you slip in a little about freedom here. You make a point of saying. "This is given away for free, in the hope that anything you make with it will be given away as well."
Now, at this point everyone has at least one small task they'd like to be able to do easier, even something as odd as an alarm clock that plays mp3s at a certain time.
So, you dig out your copy of "Programming Perl" which you *do* of course own. *grin*
You lend this to them, and they work away at their little script, then they submit it for your approval. You make a few changes and send it back, they start to get into the spirit of sharing at this point, rather than slapping a free on it and trying to cash in.
Maybe they decide to send this little alarm clock to a few of their newly found friends who run Linux, and one of those suggests a copy of ideas to add to it. They attempt to add those, and the few friends submit patches and changes that they spotted.
Thus, another convert is born. I'm seeing this happen all of the time at the moment, and I think it's the one real way Linux will win.
Who do you trust more, advertisers or your friends? Exactly.