OT Re: MS takes Linux for a Test Drive

[Hechler Family]

Keith Roberts wrote:

>They are not Piano informational. I think Duane must own stock in Linux. I
>don't find anything informational about it, just blatant advertising.
>I object!
>Keith Roberts
>
I don't own any stock in Linux because there isn't any. Secondly, after 
being laid-off three years ago and before I got started into the piano 
tech field, I had to cope with Windows XX and try to find everything I 
needed for FREE for Windows because I had NO money to buy anything. 
After months and months of searching the internet, there were very few 
packages that I could find for free until I stumbled onto Linux. And, 
yes, Linux is not as easy as Windows but when you make up your mind that 
you are getting tired of MS's treadmill of PAYING for upgrades and 
rebuying all your products because MS forces you to do it, Linux becomes 
easier to deal with. Six years ago, I started with Mandrake's packaging 
of Linux, which seems to be the easiest for the home desktop. They 
provide you with everything you need. And, yes, you can call it 
advertising if you want but I call it being smart and stop paying over 
and over for what you can get and upgrade for free.

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Based on emails that are not forwarded to the group, US is about the 
country that is not embrassing Linux on a wide scale. Case in point, the 
govenment of Munich (Germany) recently dropped Windows and adopted Linux 
for 400,000 desktops and servers.
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