Hello, On Sun, 01 Mar 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > some use windows - although usually with openoffice and thunderbird. > There is no fatwa in this regard.
In principle, this is a sensible point of view. > As far as AU-KBC is concerned all the servers are linux - a lot of the > desktops are also linux, but the majority of them are windows. AFAIK it is > left to the individual to choose his/her OS. There are even some MSDOS > machines which control some of the older equipment. One question which is worth asking in such mixed environments is: Who helps to manage the machines? Typically, if you buy a product then you are entitled to support for that product, so the burden of support for Windows machines *must* be passed on to the vendor you bought them from (or MicroSoft). It *is* harmful to FOSS if FOSS developers spend a lot of their time making such machines work instead of completing their FOSS projects. Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
