Re: [vox] Why not Microsoft?

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@dMAPSirac.org>]

rod, it could be an easy job -- just think about beowulf clusters.  they
don't do all that by hand.  redhat has a utility that you set up one
computer, make a floppy disk that reads all the relevent info and clones
the machine.

if their systems are mostly homogeneous, it would be as simple as 
booting up a computer with a floppy disk.

pete


begin Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystems.com> 
> Well they have about 25,000 computers.  :-)
> 
> Seriously though, I would love to help out with such an 
> effort on a smaller scale and closer to home.
> 
> -- Rod
>    http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
> 
> On Monday 22 April 2002 13:43, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > wouldn't it be a cool advertising campaign if we got a bunch of
> > people together to make a road trip to oregon and do a linux
> > installfest for the school system?
> >
> > forget slashdot.  that would be like "new york times" or "washington
> > post" kind of media attention.   :)
> >
> > pete
> >
> >
> >
> > begin Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystems.com>
> >
> > > Same tactics, different school system.  Problem is, nobody
> > > ever gives a second thought to accepting the EULA, even
> > > though it gives MS the right to stomp all over them.
> > >
> > > -- Rod
> > >    http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
> > >
> > > On Monday 22 April 2002 13:25, nbs wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:04:25PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> > > > > Geez, MS is adding material faster than I can put it in....
> > > > >
> > > > > http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/22/1719218.shtml?tid=109
> > > >
> > > > Hehe.. Old news. :)  From my archive:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money! (Salon.com,
> > > > 2001.Jul.10) [
> > > > http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/10/microsoft_school/in
> > > >dex. html ]
> > > >
> > > >   "Microsoft threatened to sue unless the administrative offices
> > > > and all 264 schools conducted an audit and proved that every
> > > > piece of installed Microsoft software had a valid license. ...
> > > > 'Can anyone expect a dying person to be concerned about the drug
> > > > companies' profits?' ... the fines for just the MS-DOS [illegal]
> > > > copies could add up to as much as $19.8 million, not even
> > > > counting lawyer's fees."
> > > >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > -bill!
> 
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