[ale] End of XP

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With the way Microsoft changes their interface, going to Linux is not that big a change. 

Geoffrey Myers

> On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Jason van Gumster <jason at handturkeystudios.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Jim, your point is to "make a clean break" so they KNOW they are living in
>> a better world as it were? I can see merit to that approach, especially
>> when trying to create "Linux Evangilists," but sometimes it is "hard to
>> teach old dogs new tricks."
> 
> It's not just about evangelism or "living in a better world." It's about
> tempering expectations. Regardless of the familiar/sexy skin you put on it,
> some things are simply handled differently in Linux. If *everything* is
> different, you can avoid help desk scenarios where a person tries to go about
> doing something "the other way" and getting monumentally frustrated because
> they don't see that familiar thing that they expect to see.
> 
> Sure, there's likely to be greater up-front resistance, but I daresay that
> putting users in an interface uncanny valley will give you greater headaches.
> 
>  -Jason
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