Hi Roblimo
I have a lot more to say on this but I do not have time currently and most of
it is inappropriate for this list so I will contact you off list next week.
Thanks
Frank
On Thursday 01 July 2004 10:57, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> >As far a bring in outside experts the comment is every time"that would
> > make us dependent on them." The meaning is that there is NO computer
> > store or if so virtually unknown that caters to Linux updating and
> > repairs for non techies.
>
> You need to read NewsForge more (and it'll be a lot more pleasant to
> read starting at the end of the month -- new management is letting the
> editors redesign the sites instead of imposing crap on us) because a
> recurring "migration story" theme is that the best way to use
> consultants isn't as workers but as trainers. (In fact, this thought
> itself should -- and will -- be a story.)
>
> The thing is, there are "tricks" to using Windows and Windows-based
> apps, and you know them. There are similar "tricks" to Linux and Linux
> apps, but since you don't know them, you think they're hard, even though
> they're often simpler than the Windows tricks.
>
> This is really the basic contention of my upcoming "Point and Click
> Linux" book/video package. It's aimed at desktop users, so it won't help
> with databases, but the same kind of thinking applies to your situation.
> If Windows and Windows-based software was all that easy to use, why
> would bookstores carry literally tons of Windows manuals and HOWTO books?
>
> You don't need a consultant to come in and be a wizard. You need a
> consultant to come in and help several of your people get familiar with
> the software you want to use. Then you will be able to do things for
> yourself, perhaps with a call or email now and then to a consultant or
> other source of advice (like this list) if you get stuck on a
> particular problem.
>
> - Robin
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