On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:14, Hodgins Family wrote: > I'd like to refocus this thread by posing a question to the OP: > Many universities have computing departments that have been using *nixes > for decades (before Microsoft and Apple were popular). How does the OP > propose to do what these departments have been unable to do? I mean, > while it is a commendable idea to bring Linux to university staff (it > is free, customizable, generally secure etc), how will you propose to > convince the professors to switch from their "pet platforms"? It's really all about applications. Those decades-old unix versions had text mode apps that were great for server-side and automated work but not something you'd like to use interactively. Now there are decent fonts, nice GUI features and most of the apps that anyone would need available for Linux. Some people may have already given up their choices by allowing their own data to be stored in proprietary formats that require specific programs to access, but anyone starting from scratch should find everything they need on Linux. -- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
