[ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

[lukefromdc at hushmail.com]

Maybe they should be reminded that they are using Linux every
time they connect to a webserver, fire up an Android phone, or
even use some embedded systems.  In some markets MS has
little more market share than Apple had in 1999-and even OSx
is just a proprietary Unix with a custom DE and window system;

On 7/7/2016 at 9:31 PM, "Devin" <pikurasa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>On 07/07/2016 09:16 PM, lukefromdc at hushmail.com wrote:
>> Why on Earth are they first going out of their way to buy Ubuntu 
>machines,
>> then installing Windows?
>
>When I asked, they said it is b/c those machines are cheaper. They
>already have a school license with Windows (perhaps 500 machines 
>or so)
>and they just use that to install school-wide on the (cheaper) 
>Ubuntu
>machines.
>
>Yeah, I think it is insane.
>
>What is making this even more difficult is the IT team has no idea 
>what
>GNU/Linux is--the guy said, "yeah, [One thing I regret as part of 
>my
>profession is that] I don't really know much about Linux."
>
>So, these people have gone their whole lives/careers without much
>hacking AT. ALL.
>
>...so, I am doing my best to get them up to speed. I gave them a 
>little
>GNU history lesson to begin with.
>
>Devin
>
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