[nzlug] Migrating desktop

[Simon]

On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 19:38 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:

> > There are also MS-Word templates and macros. But I figure anyone making
> > such strong use of these things will be using wine.
> 
> Yes, as Macros dont strike me as the best thing to drag between MS Office 
> and OpenOffice. (Can you even do that?)
> 
Me neither, and no, OOo doesn't do Word Macros. I ended up in a debate
about why this is a good thing.

> >> Surely when moving between systems / OS's its a good time to 'refresh'
> >> everything?
> >
> > People who are put off migrating by this prospect disagree with you.
> 
> In my limited experience, people citing the migration of 'settings' as a 
> reason not to move, are falling into the 'can't be bothered' category... 
> settings tend to be something you can restore in a few minutes and 
> something which are application-specific anyway...

I think the biggie is folk who don't want to lose their address book,
and don't know how to connect to their ISP. For some people, that
addressbook is pretty vital, I don't blame them for getting nervouse.

Remember, were talking about people who're so brainwashed by MS's "its
too hard for the users so lets not tell them about it" approach that
they need an install wizard to tie their shoelaces. Or maybe they've
been reading "get the facts".

OTOH: just today I got someone to agree to install when I told him he
could keep his important settings. Some people can be bothered, they
just need a little reassuring.