Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:33:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: "Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=" <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Computers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809212120380.1975-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <xzp7lyxb24o.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On 21 Sep 1998, Dag-Erling C. [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> writes: > > I could do something very similar if I were using FreeBSD or Linux > > workstations here (which I would _really_ love, but alas, most people > > here say "Duh, What's Unix?" or "But, it doesn't run MS Word". Ugh.). > > To which you answer, 'but it does run StarOffice and ApplixWare'. > > FU set to -advocacy :) And I get the reply "Yeah, but we're standardizing on MS Word". Double-ugh. Unfortunately the person before me got that started, and IMHO, it was a very bad move. Inertia has its way, though. It isn't so much a matter of wether StarOffice or ApplixWare can read/write Word stuff either, its the look&feel they want to keep too. I deal with the type of people that if one little icon moves on the screen, they get all upset because its "different now". I may try setting up a FreeBSD box with a neat window manager and StarOffice or ApplixWare and have someone who has never seen Unix sit in front of it and use it for a while. If they like it, it would be proof to the higher-ups that the neophytes really _can_ handle unix. :-) Me: "How'd you like it?" User: "Its cool! I like it. Is that the new version of Windows?" Me: "Erm, well, it isn't Windows. It's Unix. FreeBSD to be exact." User: "Ewnicks? What's that?" Me: "A type of operating system." User: <dumbfounded look> "Oh." Maybe once computer literacy makes it into the gene pool we'll be better off. ;-> -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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