Re: [ale] Converting someone with AOL to use Linux…

[KingBahamut]

<raises hand>

Yes I have.

was successful at first, then unsuccessful, then successful again.


On 8/1/06, fd0man??The Magical Floppy Man <fd0man at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  So, I just ran across something rather interesting.  I went to my parents
> in Toledo, OH, last week.  My parents are still (after over 10 years of
> trying to get them away from it) using Windows(r) and AOL.  Up until six
> months ago, they were using a dial-up connection through AOL, and now they
> have DSL and use AOL over that.  *shakes head*.
>
> I have attempted to get them to move away from AOL, and Windows(r),
> too?though I am not sure that I was successful in convincing my mother.  My
> dad seems really happy with it, he likes the fact that the software under
> Linux seems to have more features and be more versatile.  My mother, while
> acknowledging these traits, is scared of change, or so she says.
>
> Has anyone ever managed to get people to move away from both AOL and
> Windows(r) at the same time?  Or should they try to take smaller steps than
> that?
>
> Just curious to see with others think about it.
>
>     ? Mike
>
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