On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 16:58, BruceG wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Dresser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: Free-lance - office move stuff-o-rama > > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, BruceG wrote: > > > > > 3. Move PCs to new building. This is just a short walk, so they could be > > > carried. > > > Insert floppy in drive to prevent failure. (is there a command to > park > > > the hard drive?). Move the PC, keyboard, monitor, cables and mouse. [big snip] > > Finally - wireless is only acting as a bridge, as the old building is > pre-revolutionary war they don't want to do a lot of drilling. So it's > wireless between groups of PCs, the wired to the desktop. The payroll PC > talks across the wireless bridge sending and receiving data from banks. The > bridges are not running encryption. So - wired is required, it's just asking > for trouble to have wireless LAN access on PCs that need to be secure.
Others disagree, but I totally agree with your thinking here. > I'd recommend Linux and OpenOffice for the desktops - but don't think that > would fly. I would like to grab a spare PC and set it up so folks could get > familiar, though. Kind of a kiosk PC. How about OOo on Windows? If I was a User, I wouldn't like that big jump either. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Peace Thru Superior Firepower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
