I like your points Robert. I have to use Windows about 10% of the
time at work, and I have had to move to a couple of Windows
workstations at home for my kids home schooling programs. Linux is,
and always will be the pref. but like you said, Windows has its place.
When you talk about everything having its place, it reminds me of
Commodore...I work with a guy who still have his, and still plays
games on it. Everything does have a place!
DM
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:54:25 -0400, Robert Snyder
<robertsnyder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just some general feelings on everything I just read.
>
> A. I dont think people who use linux should pressure people who use
> linux and windows into into one OS aka Linux. Because that make
> them no better than thosse MS zealots that force MS down your throat.
>
> B. Windows has it place in the world So does mac os classic ( 6.0 -
> 9.22) and OSX in all it many flavors panther jagular tiger. BeOS
> even has a place in the world even though it is dead and I have not
> found a productive use for it yet.
>
> C. Instead of preaching how bill is trying to screw us over eith the
> eula, how about spending time getting the companies that make the
> software we use on windows make a linux port.
>
> Here is a small list of applications I would love to see native linux
> ports of or at the very least retooled ones with wine built in ( like
> corel use to do with wordperfect before just dropping off the linux
> scene.)
>
> Photoshop CS (i run 7 on slack with crossover but i gotten use to
> some of the advanced features. )
>
> Macromedia Dreamweaver 2004 and future versions
>
> Access - This is a must have, I have not found another database
> program like it. Yeah if i wanted i could just manually enter a
> bunch of crap into <insert db program name> but I have yet to find
> one that is on par with Access... Or at the very list have a
> Filemaker pro port.
>
> Outlook this is not so much a must have as a like to have. I can
> already hear the groaning. The fact of the matter that I no program I
> have ever seen has had the polish of office. I know it awful to have
> office xp installed on the linux side but i just dont like openoffice
> / staroffice it not even because it functionally. OO functions great
> and can do everything the latest version of word can do. But it comes
> down to the lack of polish. OO 3 office 10 on a scale of 1-10 how
> polished a program to work. OO looks clutter and very office 95ish
> with is just blahhh.
>
> I know there is alot of ms hate in the air. Windows can be a pain in
> the ass alot of times but office is stable and pretty. and most
> things
>
> But if the above list exsisted I would not use windows at all
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