[wellylug] A little project.... : The pragmatic approach
Lorraine Offord & Tony Wills
ajwills at paradise.net.nz
Mon Jul 15 21:40:32 NZST 2002
In pragmatic terms the solution to 2020s problem is very simple - just give
the groups the machines as is, there is always someone (friend, workmate,
relation) who can install an operating system, and someone always comes up
with the requistic software packages (strangely enough the same packages
that they have at home/work etc ... which is also very convenient as
they're the packages that they are familiar with and can support ;-)
And you shouldn't underrate the need for ongoing support. If you're going
to give them something they have no internal expertise with (whether it be
a non-M$ email program or something a little nearer guru land), you're also
going to have to supply support (remember these guys can't afford a decent
PC let alone pay for support).
If they want to go against an NZ tradition they could actually spend $100
and buy second hand Win95 and M$ Office 95, which run extremely well on the
confines of a fast 486 or slow 586. (Pity Win95 doesn't run extremely well ;-)
(Aspestos suit donned, fire brigade put on standby, linux UG membership
revoked :-(
--- Anon :-)
(alias Tony)
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