Re: [K12OSN] Argument against Microsoft?

[anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin snet net>]

Last year I had a Wind98se monstrosity in my classroom (and several 
Macs).  Students working on the windows PC frequenlty lost their hard 
work due to crashes.  It was heartbreaking.  I can honestly say that it 
crashed at least once a week, usually several times.
I've been using Linux at home for two years now and haven't crashed my 
machine once.
That, and that fact that the proprietary equivalents of what I now have 
in OSS would cost me well over $3000, while I downloaded this for free, 
is all the argument I need.

BTW, I just got an order for a CD set from someone in Italy!
I hope they join the listserv (I always recommend they do and include 
the URL for the list in the letter I send with the software.)

tony

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