Comments on: Obama vs. Microsoft http://practical-tech.com/network/obama-vs-microsoft/ for practical people. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: caledonian http://practical-tech.com/network/obama-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-782 caledonian Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:34:08 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=1286#comment-782 @Mammlouk: You obviously don't understand the value in Social Networking - it's not just for schookids anymore. It's a great way to distribute information quickly and to allow people to add their opinions as the information moves. As for Macs and the "hip" factor - they are well known as being less prone to viral attacks than the Wintel platforms, and their pricing is actually pretty even with comparable PC hardware/software combinations. Waiting for MS agreements to expire is a waste of money - move now, and don't spend ANY more money on Redmond product. @Mammlouk:
You obviously don’t understand the value in Social Networking – it’s not just for schookids anymore. It’s a great way to distribute information quickly and to allow people to add their opinions as the information moves.
As for Macs and the “hip” factor – they are well known as being less prone to viral attacks than the Wintel platforms, and their pricing is actually pretty even with comparable PC hardware/software combinations.
Waiting for MS agreements to expire is a waste of money – move now, and don’t spend ANY more money on Redmond product.

]]> By: Boycott Novell » Microsoft and Politics (Against Google) http://practical-tech.com/network/obama-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Boycott Novell » Microsoft and Politics (Against Google) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:21:27 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=1286#comment-781 [...] examples that are worth exploring. The first comes from a strong supporter of GNU/Linux, who claims that Obama is fighting Microsoft, despite some contrary [...] [...] examples that are worth exploring. The first comes from a strong supporter of GNU/Linux, who claims that Obama is fighting Microsoft, despite some contrary [...]

]]> By: Mammlouk http://practical-tech.com/network/obama-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Mammlouk Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:02:19 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=1286#comment-780 What do they expect? I've been working on a military installation that doesn't house near as sensitive information as I would expect to come across the White House LAN and they block more than you could imagine. We've been told that part of it is because bandwidth costs and the rest is misuse of government resources etc. If I can't waste my tax money then neither can you sir! Please let me know how Obama spending half the day on Facebook helps anyone. Not to say I'd be against a switch to Linux, but overpriced Mac equipment doesn't help anything but the "Hip" factor. I support a plan to switch government and DoD infrastructures over to Linux at whatever pace current Microsoft support agreements run out, any sooner is a waste of money. I guess we'll just see what happens.... What do they expect? I’ve been working on a military installation that doesn’t house near as sensitive information as I would expect to come across the White House LAN and they block more than you could imagine. We’ve been told that part of it is because bandwidth costs and the rest is misuse of government resources etc. If I can’t waste my tax money then neither can you sir!

Please let me know how Obama spending half the day on Facebook helps anyone.

Not to say I’d be against a switch to Linux, but overpriced Mac equipment doesn’t help anything but the “Hip” factor.

I support a plan to switch government and DoD infrastructures over to Linux at whatever pace current Microsoft support agreements run out, any sooner is a waste of money. I guess we’ll just see what happens….

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