> Plenty of people profit handsomely dealing with Windows problems, but > society as a whole suffers for it (the money spent on anti-virus > software, cleanups, etc. would be better spent on something which > builds wealth). > > Michael > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > [email protected]
Unfortunately, Money is spent on dealing with Microsoft licenses, Registry errors, and other desktop computer chaos. Whereas, the money spent on 'Microsoft tax' cannot be spent on other issues. Thus -- organizations that have to pay the Microsoft tax have less payment "cash" flow to use on other expenses, investments, charity, dividends, and so forth. Imagine the reduction in the amount of cash that a local public school district or county expenses annually in Microsoft and IT chaos tax. If authorized such a scheme, and executed throughly -- some estimates are Microsoft and IT chaos expenses halved. If such an estimate was forecasted correctly, and turns out to be accurate after the scheme is executed. The excess cash saved could be used for other local use, such as: more teachers, more schools, no increase in property tax, etc. As I recall, most employers in the Metro Nashville area use and deal with the chaos of Microsoft Windows on a daily basis. Walking down the high street one day, I saw an advert telly showing Windows errors instead of the ad. Most universities use it as well. However when I was typing and typesetting my research thesis, I was frustrated with Microsoft Office. So I looked for other solutions, and decided to try using Desktop GNU/Linux -- as I had been using Solarius on the University Supercomputer. So after getting tired of having to re-install programs, and re-setup my computer about every two years. I also was tired of the daily updates, registry errors, viruses, and memory hogs. That I converted to Desktop GNU/Linux 6 years ago this month. However with Opera I generally can confuse the Win IIS to think I am using IE. I wonder how much money would have been put to better use had Red Hat, Caldera, Debian, or Suse had been used instead of Windows in most schools, businesses, and organizations. However these Tennesseans typically think either Apple Mac PC or Windows PC. Perhaps the additional GNU/Linux PC can be added as another choice when they think about IT. -- $ the quacks say "we are a great company" and have "values " to the investor community, yet turn black evil eyes to the customers and employees. - Sorry - it's just business, stated Mr. Quack - $ Cheers - have a great day -- Justin W Elam E-mail ::: - [email protected] ###
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
