Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Easy to understand way of getting a new computer already setup out of the box as close as can be to rms' principles.

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Thomas Lord, 24/09/19 20:41:
> Very few people will ever find those links and fewer still have the 
> knowledge to know how to use that information.

Can you clarify? Are you saying they wouldn't be able to use a pretty 
standard webshop, or that the offer doesn't satisfy their needs?

> [...] Or similarly, consider the City IT 
> department - a microsoft shop through and through. Good luck finding 
> training materials they can adopt and adapt if they want to put GNU 
> systems on staff desktops, or get away from proprietary software on City 
> servers.

This is certainly more complicated. It's usually not enough to provide 
documentation: you need thorough analysis and development, in-person 
training, support, social change management etc. The Document Foundation 
has a protocol for the migration to LibreOffice and some advice on 
migration consultants.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170622191021/https://www.documentfoundation.org/assets/Certification/tdf-migrationprotocol.pdf
https://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/migrators/

It's a lot of work and it needs to be done properly. There are some 
examples one can copy from various large public administrations around 
the world but there is no one size fits all process.

Federico