[ale] PowerSpec (microcenter) pcs?

Brian J. Dowd bdowd at dentfirst.com
Mon Mar 10 09:31:05 EST 2003


I smell the smoke from a flame war, but what additional "support" do you 
feel
that Linux requires which is not required by Windows?
-Brian

>I know you guys love to support and push Linux but Windows still has a
>place on the desktop.  The last thing I need is to be supporting Linux
>desktops for all my family.  It's not worth it.
>
>
>On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 22:47, John Wells wrote:
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>>Yup...I'd love to see him start using linux.  but, problem is, his
>>company's software requires linux.  I'm still considering dropping windows
>>on top of win4lin....so easy to recover from a Win virus that way.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>John
>>
>>aaron said:
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>>>There is seriously no reason for John not to help his dad to a Linux /
>>>OO  system for desktop, home office and internet... unless he has some
>>>specialty  application to support. With the added efficiencies he could
>>>consider picking  up a used 300/400mhz system for $150-200 and get out
>>>cheap.
>>>      
>>>
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