That's really sad. I'm in Russia, I thought that worst computer labs are here (CRT monitors, Windows 98/2000, 100Mb quotas, no running overnight jobs, etc). IM

That's really sad. I'm in Russia, I thought that worst computer labs are here (CRT monitors, Windows 98/2000, 100Mb quotas, no running overnight jobs, etc). IMHO what you're describing is a clear manifestation of oldskool 'computers are complex systems and are to be used by professionals' ideology (as opposed to 'computers are easy tools for everyone').