On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:15:37 +0000, babaloo wrote:
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> The Linux desk top is great although it still cannot hide the need to
> type in propeller head instructions to perform basic tasks. And the sad
> truth is that productivity programs cannot compete with those from major
> Wintel/Mactel vendors, unless all you want to do is surf the web and use
> crippleware office suites.[/color]

80% of my customers do just that..surf the web, take pictures, play
music, read and reply to their email, write and print a simple letter,
play games and use pogo. You can easily setup their desktop to do just
that. They do not have to worry about viruses and spyware. They do not
have to learn anything else, but use the menu. Software updates are
simple and fast. Just yesterday, one of my customers told me that Linux
was easy to use. I had replace ME on his old computer with Linux. It
was faster than that old version of windows and it was a brand new
operating system. It was installed on a p3 with 192 megs of ram. The
movies played without skipping and the sound was noticeably better.
Anyone who wants to delve deeper is free to do so. You can write
programs for Linux, play around with the operating system, learn the
command line. Since there are no secrets, everything is open to you.
There are still areas, where you need Windows programs, but this is
changing every day.

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