RE: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

[Franki]

Title: RE: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

or setup a internet gateway box with linux, but give it the full gui as well, then they can see it getting used for something good, show them how their internal network is invisable to grc.com or others and then get real flash and show them gnome and kde, or more inportantly, Koffice, Staroffice, openoffice, and the games,,

 

oh and maybe mozilla and Netscape and possible Opera... (and evolution makes a good demo for windows people too, they can't believe its not Outlook.. in fact thats a good name for evolution,, "I Can't Believe Its Not Outlook"  :-)

 

 

rgds

 

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Williamson (ENZ)
Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 5:14 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

Hi There,

        Rather than snarling and carrying on about this M$ thing.  Why not give a demonstration of Linux to the school.  I'm sure that they would be open to this kind of thing (especially since you work with it ;-)  ).  Even if you install Linux on a box that will only be used for browsing the internet, you've started the school on the right track.  Don't get into this philosophy that M$ is bad, Linux is good.  Because technically challenged people will start turning off.  Offer Linux as a windows alternative at bargain basement prices.

        For example demonstrate KDE, Mozilla, StarOffice and XMMS.  Once they see the price advantages, bye bye M$.  Good Luck and let us know how you get on.

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: Harm Bathoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 8:27 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

Hello all,

Just wanted to scream, sorry about that:)

I've been to an IT evening at my children's (primary) school witnessing how
the teachers think they can turn my children into braindead M$windows
consumers.

The principal even came over to ask (he'd heard I was in computers) if I felt
like helping out in teaching the kids how to use Word , excel and
powerpoint..... hence the shriek. He didn't even understand when I told him I
hardly had any windows apps knowledge, he thought I was talking DOS.

I already wrote an article for them on the subject but aparently nobody's
read it. Maybe it wasn't braindead enough:(
Look like I'll have to go for it a second time, and hope I get my message
across this time. I doubt it though, they've already got the local IT
vultures all over them.
What a waste of resources:(

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Good luck,

Harm Bathoorn.

"Sudden Death!!
Microsoft Office demands it's serial-code AGAIN!!"