[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Dennis Myhand]

To: Smitty, Allen, William, and Mark, as well as the rest of the list:

Facts are not important to the department head.  The strong points of open source are
not important to the department head.  I was told that using Solaris would not be
appropriate because I would not be able to format my work in a manner the instructors
could access.  I used Solaris 8 and Star Office 5.1 and got an A in all the classes I
needed to use it in.  This is an issue of money, and the amount of discounts which
they get by getting the students to buy MS products.  That is all I have to say on
that issue.

My original question about IE and Linux has sort of been answered.  Next time I'll
just ask something simple and peacefule, like which distro is the best.  NOT!  Thanks,
Dennis in Waco

Smitty wrote:

> Dennis Myhand wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rick:
> >
> > How they can tell is (they think) by the type of work you turn in.  If it is a
> > MS.doc document then they are certain you are complying with their rules and not
> > doing something devious and un-American like using Star Office and saving your
> > work as a MS document.  I really hate to say it but this school of mine has gone
> > totally MS in the last year.  The head of my department even refers to open
> > source as "the Linux bunch and their socialist business model."  It is sad when
> > we equate the freedom of the academic ideal to be considered nothing more than a
> > "socialist business model."
>
> Who is the head of your department?  This guy is badly misinformed.  I
> am politically a libertarian - very far from socialist - who uses linux
> and advocates open source.  I would like to phone this guy and
> straighten him out.
>
> Smitty
>
> >
> > I did look through the MS site today at work and found IE4 for Unix, and a
> > Solaris IE5 listed on the site.  I have no intention of putting IE on my Linux
> > box, nor on my Solaris 8 box.  It ain't gonna happen, I don't care if they do
> > find out I use Star Office and start knocking points off.  Thanks, Dennis in
> > Waco
> >
> > Rick Cook wrote:
> >
> > > > (sadly), my school has embraced the darkside and become an all Microsoft
> > > > shop, to the extent of taking point off from students who do not use MS
> > > > products.  Thanks, Dennis in Waco
> > >
> > > Just out of curiousity, how can they tell what products you are using?
> > >
> > > Rick
> > > --
> > > rcook at ntlug.org
> > > rcook at hex.net
> > >
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