Hi all,
Beth, great post, well done!
<smile> I had to chuckle at your reference to Linux. You're right
about Linux. Linux is an OS that can be as simple or as complicated
as you want to make it. I'm getting more and more comfortable with
Windows as I use and teach my students to use it. However, I find
the command line interface of both the BN and Linux to be uncluttered
and elegant in my view. I think it has the same power as the simple
lines of Shaker furniture or a circle. Simple doesn't mean bad or for
simple people, it can mean elegant, and functional and uncluttered,
like a Japanese flower arrangement that has just one or two blooms in
it.
Baroque music is beautiful, but it is fancy, complicated and has many
intricate chordal changes and melodic lines. Sometimes one wants the
simple harmonies of "In the Garden" or "There is a Balm in Gilliad".
These simple tunes can, if the moment is right, bring strong men to
there knees in tears.
So, yes, Beth, I agree, wholeheartedly. It is a matter of choice and
of cost and convenience, as well as some other factors.
Ann P.
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