With the growing move to Linux (i prefer Ubuntu) this might be just the push to increase the Linux base out there.
After all Microsoft OS'es are still to most insecure in the world. Maybe thats why over 60 countrys have past laws making it a felony in some to put a Microsoft PC on there secure government networks.
That said Linux is secure, has VERY FEW viruses and can do virtually everything the Microsft OS can do, and its FREE to boot.(sorry about the pun)
There is also the second costs to consider, software like Acrobat, Photoshop, MS Office, etc... can quickly run you int the thousands of dollars were the equivalants under Linux are FREE.
That said there are serious reasons to consider Linux as a replacement to Microsoft. Just follow the news feeds, Schools and even countrys are abandoning Microsoft over Linux almost every day now.
Linux is still far more secure than Microsoft, maybe that is why over 62 countrys have laws forbiding Microsoft OSes on their secure government networks, in some it is even a felony with manditory jail time of upto 7 years.
Not that many years ago, job hunters would be asked their proficancies in Windows, often being the deciding factor in getting hired.
I expect in the not too distant furure, the same questions regaurding Linux will or will not get you the job.
That said you should give Linux a serious try, you might be suprized.
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Forcing new PCs to be Vista is a bad joke. It is still less secure than XP and all but a sellect few changes can be downloaded to XP for free.
Check out http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Windows_Vista_ Transformation_Pack/4-3720-1.html for a free Vista conversion kit that still leaves the more secure XP foundation.
With the growing move to Linux (i prefer Ubuntu) this might be just the push to increase the Linux base out there.
After all Microsoft OS'es are still to most insecure in the world. Maybe thats why over 60 countrys have past laws making it a felony in some to put a Microsoft PC on there secure government networks.
That said Linux is secure, has VERY FEW viruses and can do virtually everything the Microsft OS can do, and its FREE to boot.(sorry about the pun)
There is also the second costs to consider, software like Acrobat, Photoshop, MS Office, etc... can quickly run you int the thousands of dollars were the equivalants under Linux are FREE.
That said there are serious reasons to consider Linux as a replacement to Microsoft. Just follow the news feeds, Schools and even countrys are abandoning Microsoft over Linux almost every day now.
Linux is still far more secure than Microsoft, maybe that is why over 62 countrys have laws forbiding Microsoft OSes on their secure government networks, in some it is even a felony with manditory jail time of upto 7 years.
Not that many years ago, job hunters would be asked their proficancies in Windows, often being the deciding factor in getting hired.
I expect in the not too distant furure, the same questions regaurding Linux will or will not get you the job.
That said you should give Linux a serious try, you might be suprized.