9/12 hi red cross NYC needs equipment. anyone want to help out? - paolo
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,23008,3347294,00.html
\_ wtf? "15 PC Anywhere licenses", "50 MS Office Professional licenses"
they shouldn't even need to ask the general public for things like
that. I find it hard to believe that a software company would not
donate any number of software licenses for this. furthermore, if
they really need this software that badly, I'm sure no one will care
if they warez them.
\_ I guess Bill and M$ needs the money more than say Chambers and
Cisco or GE. Makes you wonder what they need the money for.
\_ Why don't they use Free Software (TM) if they're poor?
\_ Because an emergency is an emergency, and they don't have
time in the short term to retrain people. Now in the _long_
run, it's up to _us_, the people who understand how much
better the free software solution can be, to go out and
_patiently_ explain to organizations like the Red Cross that
they need to switch over and figure out how they can do so
with the minimal expenditure of time and resources. Keep
in mind that they have to run off very limited volunteer
hours, mostly provided by people not highly skilled in
computer-related things. -alexf |