On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 10:58:36AM -0600, Jim Kaufman wrote: >Much as it pains me to admit it, I agree with Ben. Awww c'mon it's not so bad. Periodically in all my ranting I make valid points. I have no problem saying what's on my mind even if it's wrong :-) >Frankly, most people >using Windows systems are happy enough and really shouldn't be messing >around with anything else. If someone is interested enough to want to >try a Linux OS, I am happy to provide advice. It doesn't really help to >force Linux on anyone. My point is that _convincing_ someone to use it is a bad idea. If they're unhappy with their current setup, they'll discover it on their own. If you convince them that linux is best, show up with a cd and they have nothign but problems you've screwed yourself into spending more time on it that you wanted to and given them lots of ammo to tell people how bad it sucks. >I've given up trying to fight it. My home network supports several Linux At one time I thought that everyone in Sistina should use linux, now i think they should use whatever helps them be the most productive and cost-effective for the company. -- Ben Lutgens http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ Sistina Software Inc. pub 1024D/9A0DDC59 2001-12-12 Ben Lutgens <blutgens at sistina.com> Key fingerprint = 8FCD A1EE CEA7 DEE1 9361 F32C 0A90 30D1 9A0D DC59 sub 1024g/1FC75C99 2001-12-12 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020219/c122e755/attachment.pgp