[CS-FSLUG] The Moral Foundation of Free Software

[Fred A. Miller]

On Mon January 3 2005 2:41 pm, Don Parris wrote:

[snip]

> To me, this only offers a great opportunity.  I have suggested several
> times (only half-jokingly) that the admin should tell the staff this is
> the Longhorn beta release. ;)  Obviously, we wouldn't want to mislead
> our users.  Still, many of them would not know the difference.

NO, most wouldn't! MOST office users only know the software that they use on 
the box. They MIGHT also know how to play a game or two while on lunch break, 
but in general, they don't know much else. You make available to users ONLY 
the software they need to do their job.........nothing more and nothing less. 
This not only makes for a "lean and mean" box, but with Linux you can remove 
ALL the software nightmares that you can't under MickySoft......like 
"LookOut, LookOut Express, and Internet Exployer" without a big hassle.

Fred

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