<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>With the way Microsoft changes their interface, going to Linux is not that big a change. <br><br><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Geoffrey Myers</span></div><div><br>On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Jason van Gumster <<a href="mailto:jason@handturkeystudios.com">jason@handturkeystudios.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>Greg Clifton <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jim, your point is to "make a clean break" so they KNOW they are living in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a better world as it were? I can see merit to that approach, especially</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>when trying to create "Linux Evangilists," but sometimes it is "hard to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>teach old dogs new tricks."</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>It's not just about evangelism or "living in a better world." It's about</span><br><span>tempering expectations. Regardless of the familiar/sexy skin you put on it,</span><br><span>some things are simply handled differently in Linux. If *everything* is</span><br><span>different, you can avoid help desk scenarios where a person tries to go about</span><br><span>doing something "the other way" and getting monumentally frustrated because</span><br><span>they don't see that familiar thing that they expect to see.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sure, there's likely to be greater up-front resistance, but I daresay that</span><br><span>putting users in an interface uncanny valley will give you greater headaches.</span><br><span></span><br><span> -Jason</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a></span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>