I've seen it multiple times, adhere to it! I graduated physics this summer and my CCD's cost approx. $30k - $50k EACH! And there's a reason for it! (well, you might not exaclty need _that_ costly an equipment, but still...)
Well, I know it ain't biz but nonetheless my school in Goettingen, Germany has a user base of more than 25000 plus (thats indeed 25k+) students, disregarding staff and faculty members, and _all_ the public terminals (several hundred) are running linux thin clients. The clients boot directly off the net, no need to update nightly as I read in another post. One kernel, one desktop, no hassle, happy users. Regardless of where I am in the city (i.e. of course only University buildings) I can grab a terminal and login. _That's_ why you want to use Linux (and perhaps a couple of strong Unices boxen handling the load) for a large userbase with lots of desktops.
This is my experience, having had the oppertunity to study at an American High School for a year, although I'm german and brought up in Germany:
age 18/19
high school - german abitur: difference is at least a year (and I did have all the AP courses and Calculus in the US)
age 22
college bachelor - german prediplom (after 2 years of studies): these are about equal, but that's still about a year difference.
age 25
Masters - Diplom : these are equal, time lines meet here.
Problem with M$ Natural is you can't change the angle of your wrists, which you should be able to (correct me if I'm thinking of an old version). So, I use and recommend the Cherry Ergnomical, it's very flexible, also with the feet, theres a couple of different settings you can try. Works quite nicely! Oh, but watch out, I got screwed buying it, as I don't have the numpad, which is connected via ps/2 to the back of the keyboard. But from what I know the extern numpad is bundled with the acutal keyboard (normally:-( ).
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I've seen it multiple times, adhere to it! I graduated physics this summer and my CCD's cost approx. $30k - $50k EACH! And there's a reason for it! (well, you might not exaclty need _that_ costly an equipment, but still...)
Well, I know it ain't biz but nonetheless my school in Goettingen, Germany has a user base of more than 25000 plus (thats indeed 25k+) students, disregarding staff and faculty members, and _all_ the public terminals (several hundred) are running linux thin clients. The clients boot directly off the net, no need to update nightly as I read in another post. One kernel, one desktop, no hassle, happy users. Regardless of where I am in the city (i.e. of course only University buildings) I can grab a terminal and login. _That's_ why you want to use Linux (and perhaps a couple of strong Unices boxen handling the load) for a large userbase with lots of desktops.
In Europe the book is out since about march 26. Not only BOL but also local bookstores. At last!
This is my experience, having had the oppertunity to study at an American High School for a year, although I'm german and brought up in Germany: age 18/19 high school - german abitur: difference is at least a year (and I did have all the AP courses and Calculus in the US) age 22 college bachelor - german prediplom (after 2 years of studies): these are about equal, but that's still about a year difference. age 25 Masters - Diplom : these are equal, time lines meet here.
Problem with M$ Natural is you can't change the angle of your wrists, which you should be able to (correct me if I'm thinking of an old version). So, I use and recommend the Cherry Ergnomical, it's very flexible, also with the feet, theres a couple of different settings you can try. Works quite nicely! Oh, but watch out, I got screwed buying it, as I don't have the numpad, which is connected via ps/2 to the back of the keyboard. But from what I know the extern numpad is bundled with the acutal keyboard (normally :-( ).