[ChinaThreat]

You are probably right. In my opinion, Linux is a much better OS but much more difficult to navigate and the users will have to endure a very steep learning curve.

[B Knotts]

I don't think so. I think some users might not even notice the difference.

A computer running Linux with KDE and OpenOffice.org is not terribly difficult for the average office worker to operate, and is very similar to Windows.

The trickiest part is installing it, which these people aren't going to be doing.