Why I Support Microsoft

[landon dyer]

At 03:47 AM 12/29/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>  [lots of linux-vs-microsoft stuff deleted, then:]
>
>     - The third party market for Linux software would grow rapidly
>       and enormously.
>     - The government's software budget would be reduced dramatically.
>
>I consider both of these to be Good Things (tm).  The government
>wouldn't be forcing anything at the point of a gun, they'd simply be
>making a financially responsible vendor selection (hey, there's a
>first time for everything).  Our tax dollars shouldn't be wasted on
>substandard software when superior, cheaper alternatives exist.


  i haven't touched unix or linux in a long time, but i submit that
your ordinary GS-4 secretary can deal with microsoft word a lot more
efficiently than s/he can deal with vi/emacs/latex.  i assume there are
better tools available on *ix platforms these days, which actually
destroys my argument:

  do you really want the government to be more efficient?  :-)


peace,

-landon