Re: [K12OSN] Argument against Microsoft?

[anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin snet net>]

Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> I have a somewhat similar problem in the schools except around here
> everyone is using macs.  A little different problem here, the money
> isn't as much in software but more in hardware.  I can buy 3 new Dell's
> for the price of one Mac, and that is if I would be foolish enough to
> buy new.  About a year ago I started proposing the idea of scrapping
> everything they have and going to all new hardware and software (not the
> right approach).  

Geez, why scrap all that stuff when it will run Linux, too?
You can use Macs for terminals, at the very least, or run Yellow Dog or 
Debian Linux on them.
http://baldwinets.tripod.com/darwin.html


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