I'm doing this exact thing in a series of labs around arizona,USA. Through years of experience I can tell you not to go with these thin desktops. Go for features, go for KDE. It'll run reasonably well on half the power you're throwing at it but even if it did lag, you'd still want it because your users are probably used to M$, and if you ever have to say "well, this system doesn't do that"........You're cooked. These people you're selling the thing to are not slashdotters. They just want pretty.
We need to assess the situation realistically. Is there or is there not a problem with corporate monoplies on the internet. Is there or is there not a major trend towards proprietary software and "nasty cookie" dropping sites out there. If yes, is this or is this not a threat to the net savvy computer user? . If yes, a reasonable method for the preservation of internet rights and anonymity must be devised. Perhaps I have lost my faith in the institution, but I don't see politicians passing laws that limit the money making and people tracking capabilities of the very companies that pay their doll anytime soon. To summarize, I feel that each of us needs to be able align ourselves with one of the following statements,
1. "There is a legal and reasonable way to fight the corporate and governmental juggernaut and it is........."
2. "I believe that purposeful and directed hactivisism is currently the best way we have to maintain our rights."
For now I must admit that I wouldn't tell on ya if you hacked microsoft, but in the same breath, I must admit that hacktivism is definitely not a long term solution.
So, if someone decides to name a game "Shwartz" and my name were Shwartz, would I be notified? And supposing I am notified, would that someone need to pay me royalties? And supposing I began starting little companies left and right, straight out of the dictionary, who's to stop that? Sort of like registering Microsaft.com/ Microsift.com/ Microsiff.com Micrsoft.com
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I'm doing this exact thing in a series of labs around arizona,USA. Through years of experience I can tell you not to go with these thin desktops. Go for features, go for KDE. It'll run reasonably well on half the power you're throwing at it but even if it did lag, you'd still want it because your users are probably used to M$, and if you ever have to say "well, this system doesn't do that"........You're cooked.
These people you're selling the thing to are not slashdotters. They just want pretty.
We need to assess the situation realistically. Is there or is there not a problem with corporate monoplies on the internet. Is there or is there not a major trend towards proprietary software and "nasty cookie" dropping sites out there. If yes, is this or is this not a threat to the net savvy computer user? . If yes, a reasonable method for the preservation of internet rights and anonymity must be devised. Perhaps I have lost my faith in the institution, but I don't see politicians passing laws that limit the money making and people tracking capabilities of the very companies that pay their doll anytime soon. To summarize, I feel that each of us needs to be able align ourselves with one of the following statements, 1. "There is a legal and reasonable way to fight the corporate and governmental juggernaut and it is........." 2. "I believe that purposeful and directed hactivisism is currently the best way we have to maintain our rights." For now I must admit that I wouldn't tell on ya if you hacked microsoft, but in the same breath, I must admit that hacktivism is definitely not a long term solution.
So, if someone decides to name a game "Shwartz" and my name were Shwartz, would I be notified? And supposing I am notified, would that someone need to pay me royalties? And supposing I began starting little companies left and right, straight out of the dictionary, who's to stop that? Sort of like registering Microsaft.com/ Microsift.com/ Microsiff.com Micrsoft.com