[olug] Distro's please

[William Haisch]

I don't think SimDesk is for the common consumer.  Houston had to sign 
a multi million dollar contract for SimDesk to come to town.  
OpenOffice would be a more appropriate option.  One caveat to network 
apps and data storage is the network must be available or these 
programs (and YOUR data!!) is inaccessible.  I wonder how Houston will 
handle the problem of 50,000 people cut off from their data if a 
catastrophe would cut some communication lines (how would you like to 
be on help desk that day!).

SuSE can be downloaded and burned to CD for free.  Lindows (name like 
Windows, web site like Apple) is a commercial product that you have to 
purchase for $129 (includes StarOffice).  Xandros is also for purchase 
at $99.

Sidenote:  Does anyone else think that SimDesk is just 1970's time 
sharing / mainframe / terminal technology adapted for the 21st century? 
  Funny how everything old is new once more....

Well, just my rant appraised at a nickel....

-Wm.
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William Haisch
Authorized Apple Service Technician
CompTIA A+ Service Professional