On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 11:02, Mark Evans wrote:
Just to play devils advocate. First how do I run RMs primary maths software (Don't say Wine as I don't know what ti is or whether it will
Either you need to persuade RM to port that software, have someone clone it or use something else with similar functionality.
Tried RM who were keen for us to test it on WINE at first then they suddenly went quiet. My point is that in practical terms many of these things are more of a problem than theory might suggest but as I am banking my companies future on a Linux strategy, I do not believe it is impossible, just difficult or I wouldn't be doing it!
work for sure ;-) ) Second if it goes wrong and its Windows its just the way technology works. If it goes wrong and its Linux, I should have bought Windows. I have just been giving some INSET at a site where we have over 100 stations using Linux thin clients, KDE desktop. OO.org etc. Some enthusiastic people, some who are totally disinterested and some who are terrified of anything with a keyboard. IT is a con. Until
How would this situation be different if you have 100 machine with Windows 95 and MS Office 97 or Windows XP and MS Office XP?
Point I'm making is that its perception. Convincing people with brute common sense doesn't work! Its political more than rational, as you yourself have indicated. So we need able politicians as much as we need able programmers.
Some people might prefer Open Office to MS Office, especially those like my mum who is unimpressed by "that silly little paperclip".
Some is fine but they need to be in positions of influence if mass adoption is to follow. Regards, -- Ian