[K12OSN] ummmm...RHPWS?
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Mon Mar 1 13:42:01 UTC 2004
On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 12:00, Jim Hays wrote:
> Please play nice. If you feel that you must engage in a Linux/MS
> debate, find another forum. The people here are trying to get K12LTSP
> to work and use this forum for that purpose. Since most of us here are
> educators who are trying to incorporate K12LTSP into schools - where
> Windows and Macs live - the subject of moving from Windows to Linux will
> come up often. What we don't need when that issue comes up is someone
> making comments about how bad Windows is or how easy Linux is to use.
>
Sorry, didn't intend to start a war but I don't think you can avoid
having that issue come up. It nearly always is raised by someone who
bought one or more pre-installed Windows boxes where some expert has
chosen the set of hardware and programs that work together. Then they
compare that to starting with no experience to assemble a working
Linux system from some random assortment of parts or an existing machine
purchased without Linux in mind, then throwing a few thousand free
programs on it. I know I don't have to convince anyone here, but you
have to offset that view with the opposite experience: the dll hell of
trying to load windows programs that don't play together compared to
canned Linux installations that include exactly what you want.
> Many of us are working in an environment where Windows not only exists,
> but will exist for years to come. It will not "go away".
Agreed, but 'ease of installing' shouldn't be the issue that
makes it stay.
> Name calling and sarcasm will not accomplish anything.
No, but years of experience should be worth something. For every
Linux install problem, I can come up with matching or worse problems
I've had with Windows - but I'll try to refrain from providing the
details here.
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Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
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