Battle of the sexes (and toy penguins) In linux move

[shawners]

A German civil servant may have found the secret to getting people to switch to Linux: stuffed penguins and powerful women.

Like other governments worldwide, the council of the small German city of Schwabisch Hall decided to ditch Microsoft software in favor of open source, back in late 2002. On Wednesday, Horst Brauner, the civil servant responsible for implementing the migration, revealed the tactics used to cure Schwabisch Hall council workers of their reluctance to make the switch to desktop Linux.

Speaking at the Open Source for Local Government conference in London, Brauner explained that some users were afraid the deployment of Linux was part of a secret plan to read everyone's e-mail, record all their keystrokes and monitor their surfing habits


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http://msn-cnet.com.com/2100-7344_3-...ubj=ns_5157571

intresting read.

[Killawat]

BUWAHAHAHAHAHA i think the Linux commercial with the little boy learning was pretty good, it explained what Linux was all about, Ingenious. Besides, Wine only works for certian programs, and i have atleast 10000000000000000000 dollars in Windows Apps, so i'll stick here untill i get some Ports in this @*#&@

[killswitch1968]

Actually it explained very little about Linux itself, just Linux the concept. This is all well and good, but for Joe-Windows-user all they know is Linux is something to do with computers, and not a desktop alternative.