Haven't you heard or IRIX and all of those high-end silicon graphics
workstations? They're out there but they're expensive and many have not
yet been ported to linux. UNIX has been plagued with the old mindset
that it has to be hard and expensive; it was never made for the PC like
DOS/W$. Also there was the problem with compatibility between unix
variants, things were not nearly as standardized a few years ago as they
are now. Linux is making tremendous progress and I really think that
most companies like oracle are underestimating it, it has great
potential, all we need to do is BREAK bill gates resource sucking
stronghold to open things up again.
Death to Bill Gates!
On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, David B Swann wrote:
> I am a UNIX advocate, but I would have to agree that UNIX lags behind
> DOS/W$ applications for the desktop. There are only a limited number of
> commercial applications available for the desktop, but the lists of
> supported applications grows each day. You can attempt to get a Windows
> emulation running, but not all programs are supported.
>
> However, when it comes to a server system, UNIX/Linux beats W$ hands down.
> You get support for numerous services (telnet,ftp,rlogin,web,and many
> more). You get more development tools, compilers, and debuggers than I
> could name. To equip a W$ with equivilent software and appilities would
> cost a fortune.
>
> UNIX is very reliable. Any time I've tried to get W$ to run a complex
> application, it dies within a few days. UNIX is much more satble than
> Windows.
>
> Until high quality desktop applications are available for LINUX, it will
> lag behind W$ on the desktop. If W$ were ever reliable, scaleable, and
> less expensive, it would then compete with UNIX for high-end server
> applications.
>
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> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Boom Shaka wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > dear redhat support,
> >
> > > > thank you for your reply. unfortunately, i've switched back to
> > windows
> > > > 95. i wasn't able to find useful applications that i could use with
> > > > linux. specifically, i needed a wordprocessor(similar to M$Word),
> > > > finance software(Quicken-like), games(Quake 2). I also
> > > > realized that, although Linux is a great OS, there really isn't
> > > > much you can do with it when it comes to personal productivity.
> > >
> > > I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps you just needed some pointers to
> > the proper
> > > web sites. For instance, there is a beta version of a Quicken like
> > application
> > > for linux located here:
> > >
> > > http://www.gnucash.org/index.shtml
> >
> > yeah, i've looked at the developments of xacc(gnucash). the problem
> > is, the project is essentially designed to catch up with a product
> > that is built already, supported, works well, and easy to install. you
> > can't really be sure of the importability of quicken's database files
> > into gnucash. i don't think gnucash supports online transactions with
> > banks and brokerage firms.
> >
> > another problem i find with using a different OS(linux) is that, i can
> > find any kind of software that i want for the win95 platform. if not,
> > i can write one just as fast as i can for the UNIX platform. and
> > besides, all my
> > friends use it, so its easy for us to *share* software, trade files
> > amongst each other, etc.
> >
> > >
> > > Also, on the 3rd disk that comes with 5.1 there is a sample version
> > of Corel's
> > > Word Perfect for linux that works quite well. We also sell a very
> > nice word
> > > processor for linux as part of the ApplixWare package. Please see
> > our web page
> > > for more details on this.
> >
> >
> > i've tried word perfect for linux and i found out that it has trouble
> > reading msword 95 documents. the other alternative would be to
> > purchase applixware. spend money, why?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > There is also a linux version of Quake 2, here:
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> > another problem with using linux, apparently the modem drivers don't
> > work well with a compaq presario modem because its a winmodem. it was
> > difficult to find help on how to get the modem to work with linux. i
> > had to monitor the redhat-list everyday, or search in newsgroups. why
> > would anyone want to go through all that hassle when i had a computer
> > that works just fine right out of the box. hence, no
> > deathmatches for me.
> >
> > i know that alot of linux users are prejudiced about microsoft OS and
> > it seems like they encourage that attitude amongst themselves. but
> > loyalty to products is, in my opinion, stupid when compared to ease of
> > use, ease of availability, etc.. remember intellivision vs. atari?
> > (intellivision was quality at the time but atari was mainstream, who
> > won?). if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and get rich off their stock.
> >
> > it only takes me 30 min max to install windows. it takes me weeks to
> > install linux. i have to read FAQs, lists, newsgroups, just to get a
> > my printer to print color, graphics, etc. not to mention the pain
> > involved to get a modem to work properly. aaarrggg!!
> >
> > basically, i found myself duplicating my windows environment in a
> > linux environment. my *to-do* list was based on software i was fond of
> > in windows (MS Office, Quicken, Quake 2) and how easy it was to get
> > the software up and running properly. who has the time to configure
> > all the hardware when real-life sets in, family, friends, school,
> > health, etc..
> >
> > linux for desktop, yeah.... right. i gotta do everything from scratch
> > - waste of time.
> >
> > my 2 cents,
> > laziest-opinionated-whining engineer
> >
> >
> >
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