[ale] Converting someone with AOL to use Linux…

[William Fragakis]

Often what enables a change is finding something new that they couldn't
do before. Some folks like change for the sake of it but for others,
they need motivation to leave their safe, little cocoon (despite it
being he11ish windows/aol).

Find out what she likes 1) about AOL, and 2) to do, in general. Once she
finds some new trick that spins her wheels, she'll be fine. Say, she's
finding keeping track of friends difficult in AOL but Evolution does a
better job - that would get her to switch.

regards,
William

On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 15:26 -0400, 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.
> 
>     ? Mike
> 
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