Migration from Windows to Linux

[Fred]

What would be really "mega cool" is to see an addressbook protocol
folded into the IMAP spec. Then your addressbook would be
client-agnostic as well.

And while we're at it, bookmarks, calendars, ... !

Oh well -- do you think if I hammered out the RFCs for this the clients
would come? :-)

-Fred


On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:34, David Ecklein wrote:
> Cole-
> 
> I fully appreciate your point.  Perhaps the dish does have too many flavors.
> And is too large.  But I don't expect such a universal solution as you
> perhaps imply.
> 
> However, to repeat my example, consider that most people running Windows are
> today on the internet and are probably using Outlook Express.  A good part
> of the difficulty in migration is right there.  If they have been at it for
> a few years, their email archives are voluminous and constitute a
> significant value to them.  Their address books and various settings have
> grown like Topsy.  A utility to transfer such OE accounts into even one of
> its Linux equivalents would go a long way to getting people off the fence.
> Some sort of cataloging such aids to migration would be a good core for a
> migration manual, and a powerful promotion for wider Linux usage.
> 
> This was the point of my post.  Not really to grouse about learning
> something new.
> 
> Your Stereotypical "Grandpa" User,
> 
> Dave Ecklein
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cole Tuininga" <colet at code-energy.com>
> To: "David Ecklein" <dave at diacad.com>
> Cc: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Migration from Windows to Linux
> 
> 
> >
> > David,
> >
> > First of all, welcome to Linux!  8)  As with learning anything new, it
> > can be frustrating at times.  It can also be very liberating knowing
> > that once you've learned what you need to, you can do what you need
> > without being encumbered by horrid proprietary software that you can't
> > affect.
> >
> > With regards to a "Migrating from Windows to Linux HOWTO", such a
> > document would be rather difficult to create.  As there are so many
> > different versions of windows, so many different versions of linux, and
> > (possibly more to the point) many, many different types of users out
> > there, such a document would be absolutely enormous.
> >
> > My own opinion (and I would be very interested to hear from folks who
> > have a different viewpoint on this) but having such a document would go
> > against one of the principles of unix - do one thing and do it well.
> > Something that described a full migration of every possible setup (or
> > even a reasonable subset) would be enormous in scope.
> >
> > I look back at when I first got started with linux in the mid 90's.  It
> > was difficult at first and frequently frustrating.  I had to read a lot
> > initially, experiment a lot and not a few occasions, break things before
> > I really learned.
> >
> > Of course, it depends on the type of user you are.  If you talk about a
> > stereotypical "grandma" type user, their needs are likely to be less.
> >
> > -- 
> > "I have one plan for linux.  World Domination."
> >  -Linus Torvalds
> >
> > Cole Tuininga
> > Lead Developer
> > Code Energy, Inc
> > colet at code-energy.com
> > PGP Key ID: 0x43E5755D
> >
> >
> >
> 
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