Joe Hylkema wrote:
At the risk of starting a flamewar, I completely agree with Miss Black. I reject the idea that Linux can't compete with M$ on the desktop, especially in a corporate environ ment.
As for compatibility with M$ apps, I regularly open my papers that I did on Word 6.0 a few years back, print them, and hand them in this semester as my "research project" using WordPerfect 8 for Linux. And the price was right - free as opposed to $300 - $1,000 for M$ Office. :) Works beautifully. I need Money$uck for two things. One of them is watching my DVD movies (I have an ATI Rage Fury DVD-accelerated video card and ATI has been less than forthcoming with Linux support. If anyone can help out here let me know.) The other is doing my homework for my "Programming with Visual BASIC" course. Don't really have a choice there, do I? And as I mentioned earlier, I'm only a couple of notches above a desktop user. I'm not a hacker by any means.
I disgree with Miss Black about the Netscape crashes somewhat - Netscape does crash, but it crashes MUCH less often than Internet Exploder.
On another note, I think preconfigured, preloaded Linux boxes would be an excellent choice for users like Susan, the secretary at my church. In her words "I only use a comptuer because I have to and I don't give a shit how it works, just make it work!" Which would be a better choice for the
Your CHURCH secretary uses that kind of language? I'm stunned. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/