[ale] Converting someone with AOL to use Linux…

[Jim Philips]

On the AOL side, it might help to let them know that AOL will soon cease 
to be an ISP and will become more of a portal (see the new netscape.com 
page to get a preview). So, soon, all of the content they're used to 
will be accessible from a plain old Web site. Once that's the case, it 
shouldn't matter what operating system they use. Just get them on 
Firefox to ease the transition and you're most of the way there. I find 
that users who just see a computer as a way to access content on the 
Internet don't go far beyond the browser anyway.

fd0man??The Magical Floppy Man 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? 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?, 
> 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? at the same time?  Or should they try to take smaller steps 
> than that?
>
> Just curious to see with others think about it.