I wouldn't worry. There are plenty of ISP's that won't play that game. In case they haven't noticed, the companies need the ISPs, the ISPs don't need the companies. Remember: there's still the usenet to provide access to.
I know that *MY* ISP won't play that game. I can't speak for AOL or anyone else, of course. Who knows, they might try it and make a fortune.
There's room for both paradigms (there, I used a big word...I is so prowd uv mee!)If I don't get a particular site because of it, who cares? What am I missing? Probably not much.
There would be no more problems with KDE or Gnome than there would be with any MS product. Most people in an office haven't been trained with either. Believe me, I know; I'm an administrative assistant for a telecommunications company and I get to undo the damage people do to their machines. They are "dummies," as I call them, which is not a reflection of their IQs, just a measure of their intellect when it comes to computers.
Anyway, I installed Linux on my machine at work (on a hard drive *I* purchased) and POOF! There was only one thing I couldn't get to work perfectly (and I'm working on that): printing to a shared, networked printer (any suggestions?)
KDE and Gnome would BOTH be acceptable in an office environment. What's different, really?
It's just a case of people being used to one thing and fearing change.
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I wouldn't worry. There are plenty of ISP's that won't play that game. In case they haven't noticed, the companies need the ISPs, the ISPs don't need the companies. Remember: there's still the usenet to provide access to. I know that *MY* ISP won't play that game. I can't speak for AOL or anyone else, of course. Who knows, they might try it and make a fortune. There's room for both paradigms (there, I used a big word...I is so prowd uv mee!)If I don't get a particular site because of it, who cares? What am I missing? Probably not much.
There would be no more problems with KDE or Gnome than there would be with any MS product. Most people in an office haven't been trained with either. Believe me, I know; I'm an administrative assistant for a telecommunications company and I get to undo the damage people do to their machines. They are "dummies," as I call them, which is not a reflection of their IQs, just a measure of their intellect when it comes to computers.
Anyway, I installed Linux on my machine at work (on a hard drive *I* purchased) and POOF! There was only one thing I couldn't get to work perfectly (and I'm working on that): printing to a shared, networked printer (any suggestions?)
KDE and Gnome would BOTH be acceptable in an office environment. What's different, really?
It's just a case of people being used to one thing and fearing change.