On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 02:53 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 22:38 -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > As someone who's been using Linux since 2000, and who's wife also > > > exclusively uses it, I must ask you, "Are you smoking crack?" > > > > No. Care to tell me why you think I'm smoking crack because I think > > that anything Windows does Debian Linux does as well or better? > > In addition to Alex's fine list: voice recognition (Dragon Naturally > Speaking), small business accounting (QuickBooks[Pro], although > that is a more subjective call) and calendar servers integrated > with MTA/IMAP functionality (IOW, a good replacement for all the > *functionality* in Exchange Server). > > And there is so much specialized and vertical s/w that has no > compare in the Linux world
Oh, and video codecs and WiFi drivers. Because w32codecs and ndiswrappers are x86 binary packages, they tie many people to x86-32 (even in a chroot) who would rather go whole hog to x86-64. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." Lily Tomlin
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