Please don't post HTML to the list. As you can see below, it looks like
unnecessary junk.
This is about a *charity* that is giving computers to *poor* people. Chances
are that these people have hardly ever touched a computer, leave alone owning
one (no insensitivity intended). Do you think they can afford a copy of
Windos, when they can hardly make ends meet? I don't think so. The computers
these people are given would either be very cheap or (more likely)
second-hand. Adding the price of a copy of Windos on top of that could easily
double the cost of the machine. And that's excluding the cost of any
applications.
Using GNU/Linux is not hard to use at all -- almost everything can be done
graphically. Most problems people have with GNU/Linux arise because they have
grown used to Windos, not because it is hard.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 02:04, Brandon Caudle wrote:
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> <P>Not everyone knows how to use linux, most know how to use Windows!</P>
> <P>Brandon Caudle<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>>From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <DIV></DIV>>To: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rules Address for MDK"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [newbie] microsoft
> hassling Aussie Charity. <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:49:01
> +1000
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>What I'm wondering is why this charity chose to give Windos
> with its <DIV></DIV>>computers. Other charities (according to the
> article) are already giving <DIV></DIV>>GNU/Linux with their machines.
> I'd say that this charity brought the wrath of <DIV></DIV>>M$ upon
> themselves.
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>Did you read the link at the bottom of the article? It says
> that the Labour <DIV></DIV>>Party (you'd think they could spell their
> own name correctly) is promising to <DIV></DIV>>use more open source
> (especially GNU/Linux and Apache) software if it wins <DIV></DIV>>the
> next federal election:
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/07/10/FFX63YCUSOC.html
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 03:39, Franki wrote:
> <DIV></DIV>> > check this link out...
> <DIV></DIV>> >
> <DIV></DIV>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/20378.html
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>--
> <DIV></DIV>>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> <DIV></DIV>> "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> <DIV></DIV>> LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> <DIV></DIV>> -- Jeremy S. Anderson
> <DIV></DIV>>
> <DIV></DIV>>
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--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
