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George Toft
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:14:35 -0400
When a business person looks at a shift in technology, they must
consider retraining and migration costs. I spend about and hour per day
(less now that we fixed a glaring design error from a Big 5 Consulting
firm that we paid almost 7 figures to) talking with people who are
confused by a statement like this: "Please answer three of the five
questions below." This is demonstrated to me daily as people answer all
five questions.
There is a substantial difference between you/me, and the average
corporate PC user. Business must take these factors into account when
making migration and upgrade plans. Enlightenment is eye-candy, and not
well suited for a business setting - business needs consistency,
reliability and repeatability. A system that is consistent with what
most people are used to is important.
George
slr wrote:
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> i must disagree with this slightly, because my case was a little different
> than the average Windoze user. i came from the MainFrame world, and to me at
> that time a PC was a toy. so the first Windoze box i saw was a joke,
> compared to the Data Center surrounding it. anyway i eventually got a PC
> because i want to play Doom, and of coarse Windoze. i started running
> lightstep because i couldnt stand exploder,
> then one day this friend of mine was over and i was showing him lightstep
> and he said i have something i think you will like. he was right,
> Enlightenment DR13 running the default theme on a RH 5.0 box. that was it
> for me, i had to run it.
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> so Enlightenment did it for me, and if it would have been a Windows look
> alike i dont know if Linux would have sparked the passion that it did. i'm
> not saying that Enlightenment should be the main focus by no means. but i do
> feel it deserves a place somewhere, in some dark obscure corner. :~D
>
> slr
>
> > I would hate to see the demo compare some Windows box with
> > Enlightenment. That would drive them off fer sure! Such a demo should
> > compare KCE with Win95 look & feel or IceWM, so they won't feel
> > alienated.
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> > George
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> They
> > > are also usually Joe Sixpack types who are getting on the clue train or
> > > geeks-in-training who know that there is a lot of fun under the hood.
> Not too
> > > many suits show up. That is another project in itself.
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