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?
absolutely right but I think there is a definite inertia in using software that is different to the 'stuff already installed'. Perhaps it comes from users carrying out tasks by pressing buttons in order rather than understanding the similarities in the processes they are executing?
The moment you get into a classroom situation, unless it's something like a group all from the same company doing some training, sooner or later you will have "this isn't what I'm used to at home/work". Indeed even if they have the same version of the same software it may well be customised differently. Especially when you come to office 2000 and later which "smartly" alters the menus. It's a wetware problem, you can have teachers who will moan if an icon moves 3mm, but who regularly drive more than one car. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763