On Thursday 26 August 2004 00:50, Lanman wrote:
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> I don't think anyone here would mind if the occasional Microsoft
> question popped up now and then, if only to show how smart we all
> are!
</snip>
Actually, no one flamed me for this thread. It is a GREAT list.
<snip>
> Take heart Kaj! In a few years, your daughter will finish school
> and probably take her PC with her when she moves out on her own!
> By then, the application she needs will either be ported to Linux
> or irrelevant!
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My daughter is now 14 years old. Since she was 8 or maybe 9 years
old she has been using Linux. Surfing for Donald Duck, Winnie the
Pooh, playing Tuxracer, etc... etc... She never knew anything
about Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Windows or other forms of
cybercrime - until now.
When her math teacher told her, that she had to run "Derive" , she
thought that was allright. But "Derive" doesn't run on Linux.
She asked me what to do. I realize that convincing Texas Instruments
to release an OSS version of "Derive" is unrealistic, so I
purchased this MS-box. You all know the rest.
But when it comes to surfing for music, cinema-tickets, news etc....
she outbeats me, hands down. On Linux.
The future is bright.
Kaj Haulrich.
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