Comment Don't writers do research anymore...? (Score 2) 351
"Linux currently offers mighty slim pickings for ordinary computer users."
??--What do ordinary computer users use that Linux does not have? Linux has image editing software (GIMP), web browsing and email software (NETSCAPE), Office-type software (K OFFICE, APPLIXWARE, STAR OFFICE). Have I missed anything that an ordinary computer user would want to use on any ordinary day?
"Meanwhile, billions of human hours have been spent writing the amazing applications that run on the Windows and Macintosh platforms."
This is true. However, most useful applications for Windows are third-party. Eventually, these companies will be writing their software for Linux too. (i.e. Wordperfect)
"to CD-ROM shoot'em-up games like Doom and Quake"
--oh gee, wow, wish i could play Doom or Quake in Linux....oh wait...I CAN!
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The Internet was working swell on traditional Unix, Macintosh and Windows NT before Linux was much more than a glimmer in Linus' eye"
So...now it's working better than before--and for free...
"Meanwhile, they would have us reinvent the wheel by wasting billions more hours creating applications to take advantage of Linux"
What the hell?!? Reinvent the wheel?? What is this guy smoking??
Why do people not do more research before they write garbage like this. This guy has probably never even seen Linux in operation. Never seen all the cool apps that run perfectly on it--that were coded for (oh my!) free...
And, I agree with someone's comment before mine -- What the hell is wrong with a little competition?!? It makes everyone's product better in the end...
??--What do ordinary computer users use that Linux does not have? Linux has image editing software (GIMP), web browsing and email software (NETSCAPE), Office-type software (K OFFICE, APPLIXWARE, STAR OFFICE). Have I missed anything that an ordinary computer user would want to use on any ordinary day?
"Meanwhile, billions of human hours have been spent writing the amazing applications that run on the Windows and Macintosh platforms."
This is true. However, most useful applications for Windows are third-party. Eventually, these companies will be writing their software for Linux too. (i.e. Wordperfect)
"to CD-ROM shoot'em-up games like Doom and Quake"
--oh gee, wow, wish i could play Doom or Quake in Linux....oh wait...I CAN!
"
The Internet was working swell on traditional Unix, Macintosh and Windows NT before Linux was much more than a glimmer in Linus' eye"
So...now it's working better than before--and for free...
"Meanwhile, they would have us reinvent the wheel by wasting billions more hours creating applications to take advantage of Linux"
What the hell?!? Reinvent the wheel?? What is this guy smoking??
Why do people not do more research before they write garbage like this. This guy has probably never even seen Linux in operation. Never seen all the cool apps that run perfectly on it--that were coded for (oh my!) free...
And, I agree with someone's comment before mine -- What the hell is wrong with a little competition?!? It makes everyone's product better in the end...
