Discrimination based on OS?

Samuel Thurston, III sam.thurston at gmail.com
Thu Oct 15 17:33:47 BST 2009


Technical:If it's the Cisco VPN client, you can use the standard
Ubuntu VPN connector (through networking settings) to connect.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Fred Roller <froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
> Based on this:
>
>    "At my campus we have one of the largest wifi areas of the state
>    (doesn't mean its the fastest just that it's widespread). I can get
>    online with windows with no problem. With ubuntu it doesn't seem to
>    be that simple. There's a cisco program that is being used that has
>    support for windows (xp/vista), apple (macs) and iphones." - mdovell
>
>
> And a similar experience at a local University here in Virginia I pose
> this question.
>
> Can a case be made against State funded Universities that restricting
> access to resources be made based OS be considered discrimination?  Is
> it the Universities' place to force the use of paid for OS/Software or
> could this be considered favoring a particular business(es)?
>
> I think the discrimination could be argued but a bit extreme.  The
> favoring specific vendor(s) would be a stronger argument, especially if
> they argue security.  Linux could be established as the more secure
> general use OS than MS (I don't know Mac well enough to make a call
> there.)
>
> What do you think?
>
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>
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>
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