I wish you would speak for youself and not others. I work at a University and we use just about every OS out there. Being forced to use Windows or any other os is just BS.
We use the OS that best fits the service we are trying to provide and when there are multiple valid choices, initial cost and support cost take over. And even if you don't like it, MS products are EXTREAMLY cost competitive in a Education environment. For example, for the price of 1 Red Hat Advanced Server license I can buy 3 WS2003S licenses. (And yes, we would need the Advanced Server version of RH in some situations. It is necessary to get RH support for a specific version of Linux for a reasonable amount of time. Not to mention supported clustering et. al.)
The only time we are *forced* into windows is when our customers ask for a service that requires it, like Share Point Portal Server. Just like we were *forced* into a Sun box for the version of SAS or SPS (I don't remember which) that our faculty asked for.
Jorgie
I have to agree everyone needs to chill.
The problem is that most people have it backwards. Installing DRM software does not prevent you from doing anyting... It allows you to do the things that require it.
NOT installing it it what will stop you as it prevents you from using any programs/media that require it.
Jorgie
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I wish you would speak for youself and not others. I work at a University and we use just about every OS out there. Being forced to use Windows or any other os is just BS. We use the OS that best fits the service we are trying to provide and when there are multiple valid choices, initial cost and support cost take over. And even if you don't like it, MS products are EXTREAMLY cost competitive in a Education environment. For example, for the price of 1 Red Hat Advanced Server license I can buy 3 WS2003S licenses. (And yes, we would need the Advanced Server version of RH in some situations. It is necessary to get RH support for a specific version of Linux for a reasonable amount of time. Not to mention supported clustering et. al.) The only time we are *forced* into windows is when our customers ask for a service that requires it, like Share Point Portal Server. Just like we were *forced* into a Sun box for the version of SAS or SPS (I don't remember which) that our faculty asked for. Jorgie
I have to agree everyone needs to chill. The problem is that most people have it backwards. Installing DRM software does not prevent you from doing anyting... It allows you to do the things that require it. NOT installing it it what will stop you as it prevents you from using any programs/media that require it. Jorgie