> If anything, one can infer 
> from this mandate that Windows is a bad choice, but if you're going to 
> make it, LSU is going to do what it can to minimize the amount of damage 
> it will do to their network.

Should have said this in the first reply, but I do agree with this statement.

> 
> To me this statement is in agreement with Will's assertion that Windows 
> is inherently insecure, but it also doesn't fully take that choice away 
> from the people who still want to use Windows.

Right.

> 
> B. Estrade wrote:
> > By mandating that a person or orgranization only use software from a 
> > particular source, you are taking away the right to choose - and THAT 
> > is the real evil in this situation. You need to realize that our 
> > economy is based on consumer choice, and you are advocating the 
> > elimination of this choice. You and I may not like the company, their 
> > practices, or the product, but I would rather have the right to choose 
> > (a crappy product) than allow myself to be spoonfed something because 
> > it is someone else's moral imperative.
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