Re: [vox] is this too much?
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [vox] is this too much?
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> Microsoft puts out decent products for non-technical people like future
> business administrators, many humanity majors and AOL users. You are capable
Humanities.
> Don't insult your own intelligence; look into Linux, if only to check out
> what your like minded classmates and colleagues are talking about. The
> first and most important step is to visit the website of the Linux Users'
> Group of Davis: http://www.lugod.org. Attend one of our installfests and
> get Linux placed on your hard drive. We can install Linux right along side
> Windows. Become part of our community.
Like-minded takes a hyphen. Alongside is one word.
Setting aside the Grammar Queen hat for a moment, I think you miss two
persuasive arguments:
1) Cost. XP costs what, $200? That's $200 less for beer. :) No,
seriously, I have yet to meet a student not on a budget.
2) CS class programming is virtually always done in UNIX. Tired of endless
days and nights in EU2's crowded, noisy, artifically-lit basement labs?
With a Linux system, you can get your work done from the comfort of your
own room.
Savings from not buying Microsoft Windows XP: -$200
Cost of Linux plus thousands of applications: $0
Cost of installing Linux at LUGOD's monthly installfests: $0
Having enough money to get pizza delivered while you program in the comfort
of your own home: priceless
--nicole twn
***
"This is a very hard class. The projects are hard. The homeworks are
hard. You should all drop this class."--my networks professor
Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn
nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org carlsonn@seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu
|
