At the Naval Post Grad School, my Fedora laptop can do anything the Windows and Mac computers can do. This includes VPN, remote e-mail services, daily check-in, campus wide secure WiFi using a secure DoD certificates, printing, local/remote Intranet access, etc. Also, the school makes a lot of software (what's available) available to linux users. I've been a linux user for about 9 years now and I have never really had any complaints about not being able to do anything that I absolutely had to do.
It was 6 days and the Bible doesn't say that life only exists on Earth. I'd have to say that the majority of creation scientist believe that life on other planets is very probable. Bacteria can withstand a lot of extreme environments, including space travel. In fact, there are a lot of theories that bacteria thrown up into the atmosphere through collisions with meteorites on Earth could indeed disperse bacteria into space.
Apple, as far as I knw has always tried to keep up with industry standards by forcing it's users to buy the new soft/hardware of the times. Their software prices don't seem to be all that high. A quick glance at Apple's site said that the new OS X Panther is only $129 while just an upgrade to Windoze XP Pro is $199 (a full version will run ya $299, this is from M$'s site). Remember back when Apple decided to switch from the 68k to Power PC format? Everyone hated it but look what happend. Apple had a brand new architecture that was very powerful and reliable and from what I understand, the OS's for the early PPC's were very good and user friendly. I don't really see this as being unfair, Apple is a very up to date company that tries to maintain an image of modern computing. The computer industry changes so much that people get lazy and never upgrade their software and then they complain when it becomes too slow after a few years. All Apple is doing is making sure it's users are up to date. Apple doesn't give their software away for free but I believe that it's reasonably priced. I am not an Apple user but I wouldn't mind being one. I like how they have good, solid hardware and decent software to support it. I hate M$, I hate their software and their horrible business practices that push people around.
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At the Naval Post Grad School, my Fedora laptop can do anything the Windows and Mac computers can do. This includes VPN, remote e-mail services, daily check-in, campus wide secure WiFi using a secure DoD certificates, printing, local/remote Intranet access, etc. Also, the school makes a lot of software (what's available) available to linux users. I've been a linux user for about 9 years now and I have never really had any complaints about not being able to do anything that I absolutely had to do.
It was 6 days and the Bible doesn't say that life only exists on Earth. I'd have to say that the majority of creation scientist believe that life on other planets is very probable. Bacteria can withstand a lot of extreme environments, including space travel. In fact, there are a lot of theories that bacteria thrown up into the atmosphere through collisions with meteorites on Earth could indeed disperse bacteria into space.
Apple, as far as I knw has always tried to keep up with industry standards by forcing it's users to buy the new soft/hardware of the times. Their software prices don't seem to be all that high. A quick glance at Apple's site said that the new OS X Panther is only $129 while just an upgrade to Windoze XP Pro is $199 (a full version will run ya $299, this is from M$'s site). Remember back when Apple decided to switch from the 68k to Power PC format? Everyone hated it but look what happend. Apple had a brand new architecture that was very powerful and reliable and from what I understand, the OS's for the early PPC's were very good and user friendly. I don't really see this as being unfair, Apple is a very up to date company that tries to maintain an image of modern computing. The computer industry changes so much that people get lazy and never upgrade their software and then they complain when it becomes too slow after a few years. All Apple is doing is making sure it's users are up to date. Apple doesn't give their software away for free but I believe that it's reasonably priced. I am not an Apple user but I wouldn't mind being one. I like how they have good, solid hardware and decent software to support it. I hate M$, I hate their software and their horrible business practices that push people around.