I was once one of "those" people.  After various os's with Basic and various 
assembler chunks as the main interface, I went off to do things with DOS and 
Winders.  I since gotten myself right in the head.  Although some would 
question how much.

:-)

Kelly Black
KB0GBJ

On Monday 18 February 2002 14:42, you wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> > Why bother? None of those people will use linux anyway. They are
> > "windows" users. There's very little reason for them to switch.
>
> Why does anyone switch?  I could do as much on a Windows box with the
> right tools, but I choose to use Linux.
>
> Many of us were one of 'those people' at some point in our lives.  We
> switched, or are switching, for some reason or other.  Maybe for somebody
> it'll be 'Because someone at a PC user's group meeting showed me how'.
>
> --
> Michael Vieths
> Foeclan at Visi.com
>