Ostrich Lessons In Oregon? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @12:51AM from the going-for-the-cheap dept.

dalslad writes "Oregon Schools Prove Linux Saves Money, says the headline but this article says "One has to wonder if Northwest school districts took ostrich lessons; they must represent the biggest secret in the Linux community. If their successes occurred in New York, Microsoft would be fighting for 5% of the PC desktop share". Maybe so? I've seen a lot of sites with Linux success stories, but the K12 Linux projects show progress I never knew existed." Yeah, I don't think that the schools are going to prove to be the sole factor in Linux on the desktop, but it's a good step. More importantly, I think the success of the system depends on projects like the K12 Linux project and its like, especially for broader individual usage.

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Re:and if you act now.... by The+Grassy+Knoll · 2003-07-01 02:04 · Score: 0, Troll

>These people were complete computer idiots. I mean their big problem with the Linux desktop was that they didn't like the fonts

You sir are the idiot. And it's Linux's problem if users don't like the fonts.

After all, what are computers for?

Dur... they're for users!

Ask Steve Jobs...

Rob

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