On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 16:47, Phil G. wrote: ... > I have two pc's and a firewall pc, and since getting rid of windows my TCO > has gone down - not only because of licensing fees but also my time. My > kids are able to use linux without help from me (use, not administer) > whereas with windows there were frequent corruption problems that I would > have to resolve. Caused, in part, by them downloading screen savers, > demos, games, malware, spyware, etc. This seems to be similar to Ronald's > experience. >
agreed on all points, with one exception -- my family is under the impression that the difficulties they encounter with Shockwave apps that cxplugin can't handle are going to go away with a different computer, and there's also an up-and-coming need for more educational software, and of course a wish for games. We're using what's there for Linux, but there are issues with providing all arcade all the time instead of the educational software available under other platforms. So the compromise is turning out to be a OS X Mac to sit next to the Linux box. I refused to administer another Windows box. Put that in your pipe and smoke it :-) ... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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