Huh? most people use word to create or edit single docs? common enough tasks such as employee reviews or engineering papers are good examples of everyday uses of word that take advantage of multiple docs open at once. one of the big improvements with modern apps is the ability for the user to work between multiple docs without much thrashing.
one area that is typically overlooked for cheap machines are the supporting goods such as the cases & power supplies. one big reason workstations or high end machines cost more are the quality of the fans, the case & the p/s.
i've always been quite pleased with the goods from PC power and computing. it might not be the cheapest, but a cool running & quiet machine makes a huge difference in the long run.
nope. RIS is awesome! If you use the Server version of XP [I think it is called Server >net this week] you can RIS more then workstation images. RIS is the delivery method, however the images still need to be made. Also, there is an enterprise license available for companies.
Ghost will be even more useful as companies adopt XP/.Net.
re-inventing the wheel is not off topic at all, but central to the strength @ MS. With stables of passionate folks under one roof, you get some competing camps, but it stays pretty focused.
Until the ability to focus resources can be mirrored, Office is going to rule the desktop. This will extend into the server market as apps such as Sharepoint become more popular.
As Office moves into the server side of things, it will become impossible to divide MS into Apps vs. OS.
In the long run, the differences that we see between radio & the internet will not be so dramatic. Telegraph,radio, video, internet, etc are ALL parts of the "information revolution".
The Biggies? cheap power/electricity. movable type, the germ theory. internal combustion.
we really don't want to sell the light bulb short. this allowed people to not have to rely upon fire [which was a MAJOR cause of death during victorian times] or sunlight. the light bulb symbolizes cheap, usable electricity & that is a major engineering feat indeed.
cheap power meant refrigeration, **safe** heat & light - w/o cheap power, the cool stuff we brag about now would not have occurred.
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Huh? most people use word to create or edit single docs? common enough tasks such as employee reviews or engineering papers are good examples of everyday uses of word that take advantage of multiple docs open at once. one of the big improvements with modern apps is the ability for the user to work between multiple docs without much thrashing.
i've always been quite pleased with the goods from PC power and computing. it might not be the cheapest, but a cool running & quiet machine makes a huge difference in the long run.
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nope. RIS is awesome! If you use the Server version of XP [I think it is called Server >net this week] you can RIS more then workstation images. RIS is the delivery method, however the images still need to be made. Also, there is an enterprise license available for companies.
Ghost will be even more useful as companies adopt XP/.Net.
re-inventing the wheel is not off topic at all, but central to the strength @ MS. With stables of passionate folks under one roof, you get some competing camps, but it stays pretty focused.
Until the ability to focus resources can be mirrored, Office is going to rule the desktop. This will extend into the server market as apps such as Sharepoint become more popular.
As Office moves into the server side of things, it will become impossible to divide MS into Apps vs. OS.
My understanding is if the code is already covered under copyleft, then any IP agreement is basically silly. What use is licensing derivetive work?
In the long run, the differences that we see between radio & the internet will not be so dramatic. Telegraph,radio, video, internet, etc are ALL parts of the "information revolution". The Biggies? cheap power/electricity. movable type, the germ theory. internal combustion.
we really don't want to sell the light bulb short. this allowed people to not have to rely upon fire [which was a MAJOR cause of death during victorian times] or sunlight. the light bulb symbolizes cheap, usable electricity & that is a major engineering feat indeed. cheap power meant refrigeration, **safe** heat & light - w/o cheap power, the cool stuff we brag about now would not have occurred.