Quoting Robert Bushman : > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Bill Nash wrote: > > There are many targets of opportunity in Maricopa > County - private, public, and individual. If we > get the populace of Maricopa County up to 10% > Linux deployed on the desktop, with a 90% success > rate, will Maricopa be able to defend it's > Microsoft-centricity? I'm picking one item from this long post to comment on. I've noticed that the Scottsdale Library has software you can check out just like you do a book. Obviously the selection is limited by copyright restrains and most of it is outdated. You can't check out M$ Office, load it on your computer and then return the CD two weeks later. Would this be a good way to introduce the public to Linux? What if they could just go to the library and check out a copy of OpenOffice and load it on their Windows box? ("Hey, this is cool!") And maybe find the latest Linux distros on the same shelf with a note that PLUG could offer install help. Now it might not be so simple as taking a load of CD's down to your local branch. While the library does take donations they will not guarentee that they will be put on the shelf. - Dennis ------------------------------------------------- Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/