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mikejr@emergyscorp.com wrote:
You forget that windows has already trained most of the general populace to use its products, people don't want to unlearn how to do things, you would need to create a desktop that looks and feels like microsoft but it is a part of linux. That is the only way it would work.
Not really. People are status quo zombies to an extent, but they will migrate if properly motivated. Remember that when Word was first bundled with windows Word Perfect was defacto standard in home *and* business. People didn't want to learn Word either. But when someone put it in front of them and the "Welcome Word Perfect Users" screen popped up with a word perfect migration wizard offering to configure Word's menu's to mirror Word Perfect, and offering to save all docs in Word Perfect format, people got instantly comfortable with it. There was no transitioning pain or learning curve. Over time, people got used to Word formats and menus, and here we are today. If Sun or anyone else wants to really make their mark, they have to follow this example. No matter how you feel about MS you have to admit, their conquering of Word Perfect was brilliantly executed. For those who were not around back then, WP was as arrogant as MS is today. They were toppled along with all of the other non-visionaries who thought windows was a fad. JHS