[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> So, why is it people are "forced" to use Windows?  I really think 
> it's gotten to the point that you can use Linux if you want to with
> out too much trouble.   Barring the requirement of a very specialized 
> application that must be run under Windows, anyone who says they 
> *have* to use Windows but really *wants* to use Linux, is, IMO, 
> someone who's all talk. 

No, I had a job in the past where I had to use a shared box in a lab. 
I would have preferred to wipe the drive and install Linux, if I had my
own box, but I was sharing a bunch of boxes with about 30 other users,
plus any number of marketing guys visiting from other sites. I was able
to get permission to install cygwin, but Linux simply was not an option.

In that situation, I *wanted* to use Linux but I *had* to use Windows,
and it certainly wasn't all talk.


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