Jon- I'm sorry, but I could not finish reading your essay as [it] was rife with spelling and grammatical errors. An essay like this should be completely free of elementary school level errors in order that they are more easily read by the target audience.
It's a tough call at this point in time. I do not believe that Linux is quite ready for the desktop yet, although Corel's distribution is easier to use by far than Windows 3.1 ever was.
I have even seen their Office 2000 suite and it has all the tools of Microsoft's Office 2000. For current users of Corel WordPerfect Office, there should be no problems migrating to Linux. Once the IS dept has the OS installed, everything else is a snap.
One of the best features is that upgrades(even to the OS kernel) do not require rebooting the machine! Corel has made upgrading very easy. Just click on the app or component that needs upgrading, and it's done! Also, once users get used to Linux, license fees disappear. They add up when installing Windoze to several hundred machines; especially in an environment where security is a priority and NT is installed on the majority of the machines.
The subject of cryptography goes back well over 250 years. There is enough material for dozens of post graduate theses. He's going to have to narrow his topic a bit to get any depth.
Inevitably someone(or some group) comes along to further their own goals or(in this case) profit at another's expense. This has happened throughout history and shows no signs of waning. On one level, this could be a Darwinian form of evolution, but I do not believe that is not the case here.
What the WAVE group is doing is ridiculous. It brings up thought of the Spanish Inquisition, the early American witch-hunts, and Senator McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade in the 50's. "Turn in your neighbor so people won't think you're a Commie!" That went over like a lead balloon.
The witch hunts were the same way. Accuse the woman of witchcraft after your wife busts you sleeping with her. "She must be a witch as she had me under a spell!"
What's to prevent today's youth from acting in similar fashion? They're even going to get paid to turn in their peers. There is so much room for abuse of this program.
There is also the "Revenge of the Nerds" scenario whereas the 'different' students put an ironic twist on things and start turning in cheerleaders and football players as "depressed" or "dangerous".
It's vaguely apparent that there is some good intent here, but as we all know, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
I wish I had a more reasonable solution, but all I can do at this point is voice my opinion.
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Jon- I'm sorry, but I could not finish reading your essay as [it] was rife with spelling and grammatical errors. An essay like this should be completely free of elementary school level errors in order that they are more easily read by the target audience.
It's a tough call at this point in time. I do not believe that Linux is quite ready for the desktop yet, although Corel's distribution is easier to use by far than Windows 3.1 ever was.
I have even seen their Office 2000 suite and it has all the tools of Microsoft's Office 2000. For current users of Corel WordPerfect Office, there should be no problems migrating to Linux. Once the IS dept has the OS installed, everything else is a snap.
One of the best features is that upgrades(even to the OS kernel) do not require rebooting the machine! Corel has made upgrading very easy. Just click on the app or component that needs upgrading, and it's done! Also, once users get used to Linux, license fees disappear. They add up when installing Windoze to several hundred machines; especially in an environment where security is a priority and NT is installed on the majority of the machines.
The subject of cryptography goes back well over 250 years. There is enough material for dozens of post graduate theses. He's going to have to narrow his topic a bit to get any depth.
Inevitably someone(or some group) comes along to further their own goals or(in this case) profit at another's expense. This has happened throughout history and shows no signs of waning. On one level, this could be a Darwinian form of evolution, but I do not believe that is not the case here.
What the WAVE group is doing is ridiculous. It brings up thought of the Spanish Inquisition, the early American witch-hunts, and Senator McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade in the 50's. "Turn in your neighbor so people won't think you're a Commie!" That went over like a lead balloon.
The witch hunts were the same way. Accuse the woman of witchcraft after your wife busts you sleeping with her. "She must be a witch as she had me under a spell!"
What's to prevent today's youth from acting in similar fashion? They're even going to get paid to turn in their peers. There is so much room for abuse of this program.
There is also the "Revenge of the Nerds" scenario whereas the 'different' students put an ironic twist on things and start turning in cheerleaders and football players as "depressed" or "dangerous".
It's vaguely apparent that there is some good intent here, but as we all know, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
I wish I had a more reasonable solution, but all I can do at this point is voice my opinion.