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To: SunSpot who wrote (47831)	7/16/2000 11:05:13 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (4) of 74651

SunSpot - exactly my point. The hardware which sets up "plug and chug" on Linux does not happen to be what I have. My Epson scanner and printer will produce archival-quality prints up to 13x19 with print tone unmatched by anything HP makes. It is also what I happen to own, and it's not supported under Linux. It's not supported under Win2K either... your point there is well taken. As far as trusting my 4 year old to install software, the schools here in Texas recommend several "jump start" programs which begin in pre-school and run up through 5th grade. They also like "blue's clues", Franklin the Turtle, and the like. They have no problem handling CDs, they load them 10 times a day and have not screwed up one yet. The installation of a new program under Windows98, and Win95 before that, is completely automated and trouble-free, and I'm talking about ground-up installation of a new program and all required support. Your comments exactly reinforce what I was saying - no rational person would suggest that a preschool child could do that on Linux, yet it is easily and routinely done on Win98. Those games are an important learning tool. My 4 year old has started to develop both reading and math skills, my 7 year old, a first grader, can do multiplication and division and reads at a third grade level. I suppose I should give that up because Win98 crashed sometimes?

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