Linux Desktop for university staff

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:14, Hodgins Family wrote:

> I'd like to refocus this thread by posing a  question to the OP: 
> Many universities have computing departments that have been using *nixes
> for decades (before Microsoft and Apple were popular). How does the OP
> propose to do what these departments have been unable to do? I mean,
> while it is a  commendable idea to bring Linux to university staff (it
> is free, customizable, generally secure etc), how will you propose to
> convince the professors to switch from their "pet platforms"?

It's really all about applications.  Those decades-old unix versions
had text mode apps that were great for server-side and automated
work but not something you'd like to use interactively.  Now there
are decent fonts, nice GUI features and most of the apps that
anyone would need available for Linux.  Some people may have
already given up their choices by allowing their own data to
be stored in proprietary formats that require specific programs
to access, but anyone starting from scratch should find everything
they need on Linux.

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  Les Mikesell
   les at futuresource.com