Re: Convincing someone to switch to Linux

[Conrad Newton <conrad.newton@broadpark.no>]

>From Roberto Sanchez on Tuesday, 2003-03-25 at 18:45:52 -0500:
> It didn't work out.  I offered some other ideas (as suggested here on the 
> list), and got a "we'll think about it."  Today when I went into the 
> lounge, I saw the shiny new ~$1500 Dell.  They also won't let me have the 
> old machines, since they could only "afford" one new one.  They will 
> apparently need to continue using those as is.
> 
> Oh well.  Maybe next time.
> 
> Thanks for all the ideas.
> 
> -Roberto Sanchez

Just out of curiosity, what are the specs of the new machine,
and what are they proposing to do with it?  I cannot understand
why they did not buy 2-3 machines instead of one expensive one.
Is there some explanation other than blind stupidity?

Conrad