Vista licence: punishment for frequent upgraders?

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ToolPackinMama said:
Do you imagine that ~everybody~ who is a MS user is a MS supporter cos
they tried the competition, and PREFER Microsoft products? :)
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Of course not *everybody*, I never said that. Most people use windows
because they had no choice, it came with their computer. But what John
said was that "almost every" intelligent educated person in the world
is anti-microsoft and that's just not the case.
 
Matt said:
there's no shockwave flashplayer for linux
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You're complaining that you can't view a poorly coded web site with linux
YET? C'mon, you've got to do better than that
 
Tomcat said:
Of course not *everybody*, I never said that. Most people use windows
because they had no choice, it came with their computer. But what John
said was that "almost every" intelligent educated person in the world
is anti-microsoft and that's just not the case.
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You will get a better handle on the problem by distinguishing among the
world's intelligent educated people. You could add to the question any
of several criteria: honesty, benevolence, caring for one's fellows,
caring for the health of society, etc.
:-)
 
...linux keeps itself off the desktop by moving
as slow as a snail
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Heard of this?
Hoosier Daddy? In Indiana Schools, It's Linux

By Edward F. Moltzen, CRN
4:10 PM EDT Wed. Aug. 16, 2006

How's this for back-to-school fashion: More than 20,000 Indiana students are now Linux-enabled under a state grant program to roll out low-cost, easy-to-manage workstations, which are running various flavors of the open-source operating system.

Mike Huffman, special assistant for technology at the Indiana Department of Education, said schools in the state have added Linux workstations for 22,000 students over the past year under the Affordable Classroom Computers for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) program. And that could expand quickly with several new updated Linux distributions, such as Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu.

This year, Huffman expects Linux desktop deployments to grow from 24 high schools to 80 high schools, driven by lower costs, higher functionality and early successes.
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http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192201386
 
there's no shockwave flashplayer for linux
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However, there is Macromedia Flashplayer.

--
___________________________________________________
Jack Conners

Good judgement comes with experience.
Unfortunately a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Xubuntu 6.10
 
Of course not *everybody*, I never said that. Most people use
windows because they had no choice, it came with their computer.
But what John said was that "almost every" intelligent educated
person in the world is anti-microsoft
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That's not what I said.

A libertarian defending Microsoft is ironic. Microsoft is in court
every day forcing its will on other companies. Microsoft employs our
government with its guns and search warrants to physically force
other companies to do Microsoft's will. If it weren't for our
government and its pointed guns, Microsoft would fall apart like a
playing card house.
 
Remain ignorant if you wish, John. Anybody who'd dare to do what
you propose to do in a windows environment would find the process
much easier to complete on a linux environment. In fact, I'd be
shocked if what you are trying to do in windows hasn't already
been done by someone in linux. -Dave
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It's a "shortcut key language" not a "shortcut key programming
language".

A shortcut key programming language is already done, it's called
"scripting/macroing".

A spoken shortcut key language (the usual definition of language)
means talking to your computer as if you were using a sequence of
keystroke combinations. No need to move your hands to and from the
keyboard as you click the mouse and press keystroke combinations. No
need to remember cryptic keystroke combinations, what you say is
what you get.

It's not happening in Linux. It's already significantly done in
Windows, even though it could morph into something different.

Here is an example.

"1 line put go"

Here is the Windows keyboard equivalent:

Click -- End -- Shift+Home -- Crtl+v -- Enter

(enter data into a text field, overwriting the line, and and search)

Another example.

"1 line put switch"

Here is the Windows keyboard equivalent:

Click -- End -- Shift+Home -- Crtl+v -- Alt+Tab

(enter data into a text field like when setting up a program, then
go back to the prior window for more data)

Another example.

"2 get switch"

Here is the Windows keyboard equivalent:

Double click -- Crtl+c -- Alt+Tab

(pick up a word and switch to the prior window)



You might not be interested, but I am very interested and it's
not happening in Linux.







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John Doe said:
It's a "shortcut key language" not a "shortcut key programming
language".

A shortcut key programming language is already done, it's called
"scripting/macroing".

A spoken shortcut key language (the usual definition of language)
means talking to your computer as if you were using a sequence of
keystroke combinations. No need to move your hands to and from the
keyboard as you click the mouse and press keystroke combinations. No
need to remember cryptic keystroke combinations, what you say is
what you get.
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How did that whole 'woman' shaped computer case thing work out? were you
able to afix a set of milkers?
 
A troll babbling about milking women, I guess.


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It's a "shortcut key language" not a "shortcut key programming
language".

A shortcut key programming language is already done, it's called
"scripting/macroing".

A spoken shortcut key language (the usual definition of language)
means talking to your computer as if you were using a sequence of
keystroke combinations. No need to move your hands to and from the
keyboard as you click the mouse and press keystroke combinations. No
need to remember cryptic keystroke combinations, what you say is
what you get.
Click to expand...

How did that whole 'woman' shaped computer case thing work out? were you
able to afix a set of milkers?
 
That's not what I said.

A libertarian defending Microsoft is ironic. Microsoft is in court
every day forcing its will on other companies. Microsoft employs our
government with its guns and search warrants to physically force
other companies to do Microsoft's will. If it weren't for our
government and its pointed guns, Microsoft would fall apart like a
playing card house.
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And there is a demon in every corner you pathetic little bow-tie-tard.
 
JAD said:
...linux keeps itself off the desktop by moving
as slow as a snail
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Hey JAD,

Here are a couple of primary references regarding Linux use in Indiana
high schools.

Here is an 82 pp slide show on Indiana's Linux-based 1:1 Initiative:
http://www.doe.state.in.us/inaccess/pdf/inACCESS_readiness-assessment.pdf
• Affordability as a guiding principle
• Student performance as a goal
• Linux as a cornerstone
• Open Source as a direction
• Program management and support as success factors
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1:1 Initiative Background
• Indiana High School Student Focused
• Core Subject Area Classrooms
• 1:1 Student to Computer Ratio
• Linux Operating System
• Low-cost Desktop Hardware
• Transformed Student Workspace – specially designed desks
• Increases computer time from 35-45 min/week to 6-20 hrs/wk
• Pilots now underway in 24 high schools; over 100 classrooms; 17000+ Students
• Independent efforts under way in some other schools
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1:1 in Indiana – Eight Guiding Principles
• Affordability – highly economical, low cost/low investment model – (initial per student cost in the $500-600 range; replacement cost in the $200-300 range)
• Sustainability - for participating high schools – minimal need for ongoing investment or reinvestment
• Repeatability – 1:1 model is replicable in any typical high school
• Flexibility - deployment is adaptable to both wireless or wired; new or older schools; small or large schools
• Openness - “Linux†operating system and other open source software (e.g., OpenOffice/StarOffice) minimize software costs
• Compatibility – supports and enables future direction of Indiana education initiatives (e.g., on-line testing; end of course assessments; technology skills)
• Commonality – solution designed with “common denominator†elements readily accessible to participating schools
• Scalability – the 1:1 technical deployment model scales reliably to 300,000+ simultaneous student & teacher users
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Here is a summary of inACCESS (Indiana Affordable Classroom Computers
for Every Secondary Student):
http://www.doe.state.in.us/inaccess/pdf/inACCESS_readiness-assessment.pdf

keywords: huffman taylor Wintergreen red hat suse ubuntu linspire
firefox openoffice ACCESS
 
My previous post seems to have had some formatting errors, so I am
trying again.
...linux keeps itself off the desktop by moving
as slow as a snail
Click to expand...

Hey JAD,

Here are a couple of primary references regarding Linux use in Indiana
high schools.

Here is an 82 pp slide show on Indiana's Linux-based 1:1 Initiative:
http://www.doe.state.in.us/inaccess/pdf/inACCESS_readiness-assessment.pdf
* Affordability as a guiding principle
* Student performance as a goal
* Linux as a cornerstone
* Open Source as a direction
* Program management and support as success factors
Click to expand...
1:1 Initiative Background
* Indiana High School Student Focused
* Core Subject Area Classrooms
* 1:1 Student to Computer Ratio
* Linux Operating System
* Low-cost Desktop Hardware
* Transformed Student Workspace - specially designed desks
* Increases computer time from 35-45 min/week to 6-20 hrs/wk
* Pilots now underway in 24 high schools; over 100 classrooms; 17000+ Students
* Independent efforts under way in some other schools
Click to expand...
1:1 in Indiana - Eight Guiding Principles
* Affordability - highly economical, low cost/low investment model initial per student cost in the $500-600 range; replacement cost in the $200-300 range)
* Sustainability - for participating high schools - minimal need for ongoing investment or reinvestment
* Repeatability - 1:1 model is replicable in any typical high school
* Flexibility - deployment is adaptable to both wireless or wired; new or older schools; small or large schools
* Openness - Linux operating system and other open source software (e.g., OpenOffice/StarOffice) minimize software costs
* Compatibility - supports and enables future direction of Indiana education initiatives (e.g., on-line testing; end of course assessments; technology skills)
* Commonality - solution designed with common-denominator elements readily accessible to participating schools
* Scalability - the 1:1 technical deployment model scales reliably to 300,000+ simultaneous student & teacher users
Click to expand...

Here is a summary of inACCESS (Indiana Affordable Classroom Computers
for Every Secondary Student):
http://www.doe.state.in.us/inaccess/pdf/inACCESS_readiness-assessment.pdf

keywords: huffman taylor Wintergreen red hat suse ubuntu linspire
firefox openoffice ACCESS
 
Worthless troll


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That's not what I said.

A libertarian defending Microsoft is ironic. Microsoft is in court
every day forcing its will on other companies. Microsoft employs our
government with its guns and search warrants to physically force
other companies to do Microsoft's will. If it weren't for our
government and its pointed guns, Microsoft would fall apart like a
playing card house.
Click to expand...

And there is a demon in every corner you pathetic little bow-tie-tard.
 
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