On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's simply absurd. Linux is precisely what got me where I am today.
> It is how I learned Unix, and how I became a successful Unix system
> administrator. Unix admins make more than Windows admins, except perhaps
> if they can afford to go through the rather expensive NT certification
> programs, which these people almost certainly can't.
>
> One has to wonder if you don't post such messages just to start flame
> wars, given the obvious preference for Linux amongst the people on this
> list...
Hey, look around a bit more thoughtfully. People besides computer
scientists, programmers, and sys admins use computers!! Think of
clerks, data entry, POS users, memo writers. Think of people not going
to college. Sad truth (for us) is Windows is used nearly universally in
business, and it probably helps to have some experience in it to get a
job. I believe that was the intent of the post.
That said, I think a person learning to use computers with linux
isn't that far removed from having learned under windows (at a very
basic level), since gui's and apps exist that are close.
Now if we could only get staroffice, (or similar free windows-ish
looking thing, e.g. kde/gnome) to run on these 486's it would be even
closer!
Karl Runge
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