On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:28:27 -0700 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's great that you get around to making linux a part of your computing > day, and you have a point in that regular desktop users who want all the > bells and whistles seem to be accommodated more by microsoft than by any > of the available linux distros right now. the point is that a lot of > that accommodation is achieved by the cyber equivalent of smoke and > mirrors where the actual cost to you and everyone else is kept out of > sight.
<snip> An excellent piece of prose!! Cheers Ben - your arguments make a lot of sense and I do agree with what you say. Maybe I hadn't realised the strong connection between Microsoft and the non-display of certain web pages - I suppose it is like the tip of an iceberg. I use Linux for all the reasons you state and as head of ICT in a UK school I resist MS products where possible. It could indeed be my cue to do something positive. Thank you for your superb reply! -- Phillip Deackes Using Debian Linux /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL AND NEWS / \ -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject "unsubscribe". Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
