<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:38, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Dec 6, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Arie Skliarouk wrote:<br>
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A friend of mine (newbie) wants to buy a computer for some web browsing, emails, photos organization. These things don't require windows, but she is going to learn accounting and might need to use "hashavshevet" (השבשבת) accounting program.<br>
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IMHO this is a mistake. In order to get a job as a bookkeeper, your friend is going to have to take a course and become certified as a bookkeeper. The course will focus on using hashavshevet (or an equivalent program) under WINDOWS. Not having Windows at home will make her life difficult and put her at a disadvantage taking the course, passing the exam, and getting work. </blockquote>
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IMHO she should also have reasonable fluency in Word and Excel as employers want it.<br>
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trips, no matter how interesting they are.<br></blockquote><div><br>I accept your reasoning and agree with them.<br><br>I still want her to use internet from Linux for two reasons:<br>1) To minimize support that windows might require (as it is more fragile due to viruses and spyware)<br>
2) To get most performance from the netbook hardware.<br><br>Ah, and there are also ideological reasons... ;-)<br><br></div>--<br>Arie<br><br></div></div>