“The reason why this story jumped to the front of my mind was
when I was reading Preston Gralla’s O’Reilly Weblog entry about him
using Linux for the first time. Preston is obviously an intelligent
chap and he knows Windows XP inside out, but when he used Linux it
just didn’t sit right with him. Although it probably made technical
sense to him, there was something about the system that just did
not enthuse him to dump Windows XP, burn all copies of his book and
tattoo a penguin on his posterior. This was the same kind of effect
that I experienced many years back when that mouse just did not sit
right with my Nanna. It makes me wonder what determines people to
have preferences and choice.
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