All this negative stuff about PC suppliers misses an important point: there are some responsible stores who actually provide what their customers want, and don't forcefeed them Windoze.
I bought a PC just before Christmas and asked for no OS, and the salesman understood and accepted that I wanted to use Linux, to the extent that he recommended that I select a different video card since mmy first choice might give problems (PnP). I did as he suggested (the card was actually a few $ less that my first choice) and it works perfectly.
In fact the machine was $80 cheaper than if I had bought it with Win installed, so he made his sale and I got what I wanted without paying the MS tax - isn't that what the salesperson/customer thing is all about?
I suggest we support the stores that allow this choice - forget the big corporations who work hand-in-glove with MS.
For the record I bought the machine at PC's For Everyone in Cambridge MA. I can't fault them for anything in this purchase, so I will use them agian. Their URL is http://www.pcsforeveryone.com
Notes is NOT an E-mail client! That false impression is why so many people fall for MS's sales pitch for LookOut. Yes, Notes is ideosyncratic, but it's an extremeply powerful GroupWare product. If someone from IBM is bad-mouthing it, it's just that (s)he is still feeling the loss of that paragon of technical excellence, PROFS. Ask the people who use it every day - they just couldn't operate without Notes now.
It's unfortunate that Notes uses the term Database for the document repository, since it's not at all what Codd & Date would have liked, but it's an extremely effective way to exchange information, hold discussions, etc. I run a project that spans three continents (and 24 hours) and I know for certain that it just couldn't be done without the collaborative features in Notes.
For those of you who don't like the UI, you can, of course, use Netscape or (if you must) MSIE.
For those of you who complain that it crashes all the time, I work in a company that has close to 10000 Notes seats, and the reliability is astounding (release 4.63).
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All this negative stuff about PC suppliers misses an important point: there are some responsible stores who actually provide what their customers want, and don't forcefeed them Windoze.
I bought a PC just before Christmas and asked for no OS, and the salesman understood and accepted that I wanted to use Linux, to the extent that he recommended that I select a different video card since mmy first choice might give problems (PnP). I did as he suggested (the card was actually a few $ less that my first choice) and it works perfectly.
In fact the machine was $80 cheaper than if I had bought it with Win installed, so he made his sale and I got what I wanted without paying the MS tax - isn't that what the salesperson/customer thing is all about?
I suggest we support the stores that allow this choice - forget the big corporations who work hand-in-glove with MS.
For the record I bought the machine at PC's For Everyone in Cambridge MA. I can't fault them for anything in this purchase, so I will use them agian. Their URL is http://www.pcsforeveryone.com
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Notes is NOT an E-mail client! That false impression is why so many people fall for MS's sales pitch for LookOut. Yes, Notes is ideosyncratic, but it's an extremeply powerful GroupWare product. If someone from IBM is bad-mouthing it, it's just that (s)he is still feeling the loss of that paragon of technical excellence, PROFS. Ask the people who use it every day - they just couldn't operate without Notes now.
It's unfortunate that Notes uses the term Database for the document repository, since it's not at all what Codd & Date would have liked, but it's an extremely effective way to exchange information, hold discussions, etc. I run a project that spans three continents (and 24 hours) and I know for certain that it just couldn't be done without the collaborative features in Notes.
For those of you who don't like the UI, you can, of course, use Netscape or (if you must) MSIE.
For those of you who complain that it crashes all the time, I work in a company that has close to 10000 Notes seats, and the reliability is astounding (release 4.63).
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