Here is a link to the third part of a great review of Linux Desktop solutions, and written up on a windows help site which is really a change of pace. So take a look and check out the first two parts as well and see what the other side thinks of Linux as a everyday alternative to Windows. A must read for those of you thinking about making the switch.

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Unlike diamonds, software applications are more valuable when more people have them. This is among the reasons that Microsoft Office is so popular. Everyone uses it because everyone uses it. When enough of your friends upgrade to a newer version that makes files that you can’t read, you upgrade too. Training teachers and students to use a piece of software makes that software more valuable. Vendors know this. Business sense, not altruism, is what drives deep discounts on software for education.

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