Digital Competency and Linux

I have some good things to say about Microsoft.
Not about its operating system.
Many moons ago, there was a public exhibition in Kandy.
I wanted to display, few Linux desktops to school kids in public.
I.prepared a small leaflet and a PowerPoint presentation and a set of FREE DVDs to be dished out if any body asks for FREE disk.

I spoke to a guy who was a businessman who was dishing out Windows in Kandy to reserve me a vacant spot and only a desk and not a HUT.

He promised me.and also gave me an invitation card.

I went there with a friend of mine, who knew nothing about Linux but a Windows guy.

There was a rush and we had to fight with children to get in.

Having got in I could not find that particular  organiser inside and after waiting for some time  and looking for a particular spot for getting on with Linux Introduction and not finding a place was bad enough.

Coming to digital competency Linux is way ahead.

Take desktops that there are many currently KDE plasma is ruling even the GNOME.

Knoppix is my favourite.

Its elastic windows implementation  is simply superb.
It is boxed,too.

Even to the surgical touch of my fingers they are soothing.

That is what call real digitalization.

Western Digital, Seagate, Transcend and Sandisk have Linux behind their framework not Microsoft.

Microsoft is only.frontend.stuff, for the monitor but.never backend.stuff'.

So my.sincere thanks to.Microsoft for doing underhand stuff with school kids.

I would have never got engrossed in Linux to my ripe old age.

Coming.back.to the Microsoft vender guy, I could not see him inside the exhibition hall for the entire day, most likely avoiding any direct confrontation with me inside if not.the bar.

His stall was there with all Windows software but not him.

I realized I was taken for a sucker and decided the outcome was void and.went.with my friend for a beer.

Of course I had more than my share to douse my anger.

I was actually wanted to meet the guy when the event was coming to an end and of course, face to face confrontation (he was not an.academic guy.but a crafty businessman).

While we were at the bar school kids less than half of my age (my friend was few years senior to me) were having a booze.

Thanks to Microsoft Donations.

Shutting me out I could take but bribing school kids and offering them liqueur on top of that made me furious.

That day I said good bye to Microsoft and I never turned back even for Apple (except briefly testing with Redhat).

Linux was my assault weapon to Microsoft guys and.girls.