<p dir="ltr">Well a year ago it was announced Canonical would make a flavor of Ubuntu know as Kylin that would be the state-endorsed operating system of China, so doesn't come as a surprise.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/china-chooses-ubuntu-as-state-endorsed-operating-system/">http://www.cnet.com/news/china-chooses-ubuntu-as-state-endorsed-operating-system/</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 19, 2014 1:51 PM, "Wolf Halton" <<a href="mailto:wolf.halton@gmail.com">wolf.halton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">If they figured out an iPhone or a Droid phone, they can figure out the Linux desktop. It is less of a jump from XP to KDE than from XP to Windows 7, and the Ubuntu desktop is very similar to Win 8. Actually, I think that there is less disruption from Windows 7 to KDE than from Windows 7 to Windows 8 (or even 8.1). <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Wolf Halton<br><br>--<br>This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - <a href="http://sourcefreedom.com" target="_blank">http://sourcefreedom.com</a><br>Security in the Cloud - <a href="http://atlantaCloudTech.com" target="_blank">http://AtlantaCloudTech.com</a> <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Lightner, Jeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JLightner@dsservices.com" target="_blank">JLightner@dsservices.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The fact that it shouldn’t be hard does not meet the REAL WORLD experience that it IS hard for most people.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It is NOT “the same” application. It is a “similar” application and therein lie the complications. Telling someone they have to “click here instead of
there” sounds simple in microcosm. Turns out that a) It is not simple even if you only have one user that doesn’t really understand why they do what they do and b) When you’re doing it across an entire organization it becomes quite a problem.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The main issue with admins like us is that we actually LIKE to learn. Most people do NOT and will resist. If you’ve ever taken a management 101 course you
find out the FIRST thing they teach you is that people are resistant to change. Pretending it isn’t so is one of the reasons why IT types often fail. You have to address what is perceived by the end users rather than what you think they should perceive.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>]
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<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] Chinese government recommendation - Linux<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But in other hand we have the same application across the different OS. Browser, Word processor, Spreadsheet and etc. My Documents / My pictures / My Videos / My music is even adopted in most major Linux desktops. How hard can it be for
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