Filepro-list Digest, Vol 42, Issue 43

[Boaz Bezborodko]

> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:15:13 -0400
> From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
> Subject: Windows / Linux (was Re: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 42, Issue
> 	41)
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> Quoting Boaz Bezborodko (Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:06:13 -0400):
>
>   
>>> From: "Don Coleman" <dcoleman at dgcreact.com>
>>>       
> [...]
>   
>>> I do appreciate the time you spent clearly outlining the benefits of
>>> making an OS change.  I have had other contributors on this list make
>>> the same > suggestion but not to the extent or detail as you have.
>>>       
> [...]
>   
>> Might I suggest that you get yourself familiar with Linux yourself on a
>> machine on the side?
>>     
> [...]
>
> And some more FYI:
>
>     http://community.livejournal.com/techsupport/1445093.html
>
>     Arrogance of Vista
>
>     Upgrading to Windows Vista has been banned by the U.S. Department
>     of Transportation (DOT), the National Institute of Standards and
>     Technology (NIST), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
>     technology giant Texas Instruments and other corporations and
>     government agencies (V1, V10, V11). These organizations are
>     evaluating their options, but overseas it's turning into a
>     stampede to get out of Microsoft software (V15).
>
> (References at bottom of "article 1".  Unfortunately, they aren't
> active links, just the names of articles.)
>
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Sorry for not having changed the subject line.

Nice article and basically explains my experience with a friend of mine 
who bought a new machine because the hard drive on his old one crashed 
and he felt it was time for a new one.  I was getting dizzy just 
following what he was saying on the phone in order to help him out.

But this will only help a little in getting more people on Linux.  Linux 
is just too easy to break by the average user and too difficult to just 
get up and running.  Now if Apple were to make their OS available for 
something other than Apple-manufactured equipment then MS would have 
something to worry about.  Until then MS will still be the dominant player.

BTW, I'm about to setup some 10 to 12 new machines at work.  XP will be 
on all of them.  Vista is out of the question and I don't want to have 
to help so many people climb the learning curve for Linux.  (Not to 
mention have to get new licenses for Linux and modify all the code.)

Boaz