[Lael]

So once you get your degree from school, what's the plan?

The REAL Plan, which this whole "Free vs. Closed" yada, yada, yada, EVIL Socialism vs. 'Warm and Fuzzy' Capitalism misses, is pay $2,000 - $5,000 for a platform that isn't being shopped to Third World Pestholes like India, Pakistan [remember the Paki "medical trans-scriptionist" who threatened to put the University of Southern California' medical records on the Web???], or the Phillipenes, or CHINA [where Microsoft trained, for FREE, tens of thousands of Computer Science types...to directly compete with YOU!!!].

Go with that $2-5K platform...and have the luxury of NEVER having to say..."What curry with that!!!

Go Apple!!!

Hint---Apple DOESN 'T Offshore outsource!!!

Wintel does...BIG TIME!!!

[Bush2000]

Hint---Apple DOESN'T Offshore outsource!!!

Have you ever looked at an Apple motherboard, by any chance? Where do you suppose all of those transistors, resistors, DIMMs, chips, and other components come from? [Hint: It ain't the U.S.]