I believe one reason was the standard MS PCs are readily available throughout the world. Even joe-schmoe has one at home, so he can do work from there.
It basicaly seems like, hey MS seems to run the show, if we can't beat them, join them.
Interestingly enough, I'm contracting for the FAA and of the 2 billion dollars worth of projects, 90% is Microsoft, the rest being SunOS. In fact, we are required to keep up with MS upgrades and port to their software updates and object advances (i.e. SQL 7, IE5, ADO 2.0 etc)
I was driving and saw this 18 wheeled flatbed truck carrying an HUGE(larger than the truck) storage tank of some sort, and printed in large letters -- "Read Instructions Before Installing"
If it doesn't, try running a WinScan program under WINE and see if it works. Technically, parallet port scanners and printers should work the same, but you'd need the drivers for Linux to get the scanner to work, and thats where the difficulty lies. Most of these drivers are built for 95/98 (and that SUX). I can't even use my scanner with NT.
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That makes it sound like you'll be entered in a contest where it MAY be possible to get a 25% refund?
BTW--does the Student ID card have to be current? I still have mine from undergrad.
I believe one reason was the standard MS PCs are readily available throughout the world. Even joe-schmoe has one at home, so he can do work from there.
It basicaly seems like, hey MS seems to run the show, if we can't beat them, join them.
Interestingly enough, I'm contracting for the FAA and of the 2 billion dollars worth of projects, 90% is Microsoft, the rest being SunOS. In fact, we are required to keep up with MS upgrades and port to their software updates and object advances (i.e. SQL 7, IE5, ADO 2.0 etc)
Where the openess in that?
I was driving and saw this 18 wheeled flatbed truck carrying an HUGE(larger than the truck) storage tank of some sort, and printed in large letters -- "Read Instructions Before Installing"
If it doesn't, try running a WinScan program under WINE and see if it works. Technically, parallet port scanners and printers should work the same, but you'd need the drivers for Linux to get the scanner to work, and thats where the difficulty lies. Most of these drivers are built for 95/98 (and that SUX). I can't even use my scanner with NT.