There are some things you might consider when doing a migration. First, create some sort of printed primer that they can read on their spare time. In this document, you can explain some of the common Windows features they're used to and their new equivalents. Along with this, provide at least one machine (maybe even a lab) where they can come and get familiarized with the new environment. This gives users the chance to come and play with some of the things they're learning from their new primer.
Second of all, and this one is a little more far-fetched, you could provide copies of the OS, etc for them to take home. All you're out here is the cost of a couple of spools of CDs (depending on how many people you're supporting of course). The more curious users will take this opportunity to learn their new system. Some, of course, will not care. But, if you follow the above instructions, these people will have a lab they can go to to try things out if they get curious without having to go through an entire install, which can be intimidating. Those that do choose to go through the install, though, will be way ahead of the game since they have a more thorough understanding of what they're going to be dealing with.
Local phone companies don't charge metered rates for phone access, why should internet access companies? I'm a real light phone user, but I don't complain about paying $30/mo because someone else is on the phone 24/7 tying up more phone bandwidth.
This Orwellian phobia (who do we turn in next?: "dangerous" parents, neighbors and sibs?) has been a staple of the most venal political systems in the 20th Century, from Nazism to fascism to Communism.
We already have been encouraged to turn in "dangerous" parents and neighbors. We turn them in to Child Protective Services for disciplining (oops, I mean abusing) their children. Granted that some cases are waranted, as the case would be here, but it quickly becomes a witch hunt once the tips are received by law enforcement... regardless of validity.
One thing I am glad to see is the "Edit message as new" feature under the "Message" menu in Mail. This is something I've been waiting for for a long time... I got real tired of totally recreating the message if I messed up or had to send it to someone else or just didn't want those ">" forwarding markers.
I have an NEC 4x4 IDE CD-ROM changer, and I use the eject command to change discs. It does not do on-demand changing of CDs, but it works just fine for my desktop applications where I'm only using one CD at a time.
The command is 'eject -c#' where # is the tray number (0 being the first tray).
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There are some things you might consider when doing a migration. First, create some sort of printed primer that they can read on their spare time. In this document, you can explain some of the common Windows features they're used to and their new equivalents. Along with this, provide at least one machine (maybe even a lab) where they can come and get familiarized with the new environment. This gives users the chance to come and play with some of the things they're learning from their new primer.
Second of all, and this one is a little more far-fetched, you could provide copies of the OS, etc for them to take home. All you're out here is the cost of a couple of spools of CDs (depending on how many people you're supporting of course). The more curious users will take this opportunity to learn their new system. Some, of course, will not care. But, if you follow the above instructions, these people will have a lab they can go to to try things out if they get curious without having to go through an entire install, which can be intimidating. Those that do choose to go through the install, though, will be way ahead of the game since they have a more thorough understanding of what they're going to be dealing with.
Local phone companies don't charge metered rates for phone access, why should internet access companies? I'm a real light phone user, but I don't complain about paying $30/mo because someone else is on the phone 24/7 tying up more phone bandwidth.
--Mike
Just use a contraction. You don't have to change the name. Lame's An Mp3 Encoder :)
One thing I am glad to see is the "Edit message as new" feature under the "Message" menu in Mail. This is something I've been waiting for for a long time... I got real tired of totally recreating the message if I messed up or had to send it to someone else or just didn't want those ">" forwarding markers.
I have an NEC 4x4 IDE CD-ROM changer, and I use the eject command to change discs. It does not do on-demand changing of CDs, but it works just fine for my desktop applications where I'm only using one CD at a time.
The command is 'eject -c#' where # is the tray number (0 being the first tray).
--Mike