Some thoughts for the OS "wars"...
Posted on 05/26/2005 8:45:19 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Some thoughts for the OS "wars"...
Why optimize? Get a Mac.
I have been pretty impressed with the latest improvements. I use SuSE Linux (Novell) as well as WinXPPro...word I hear from Billy-land is that they are really starting to sweat the latest Linux distributions...finally, this might bring MS down off of its self-proclaimed pillar of arrogance and predatory marketing....just maybe.
I'll have to download NVU tonite and compare it to Dreamweaver... I'll get back with you..
As I've mentioned to several others--I've invested too much in the hardware I have.
I haven't been this excited since Kraft put more cheese in their products.
Why is it that socialists like Linux so much anyway.
If they want linux on the desktop, they best make something as good - and compatible with - excel.
If it wasn't for games, I'd switch to Linux in a heartbeat. Unfortuately, if you enjoy PC gaming as I do, Windows is the only choice. Some companies do release linux ports of their games but it's not that common.
OpenOffice.
Why buy new hardware?
how well does Madden Football play on it? And if I have a problem with EA Sports help?
Those are absolute musts for my desktop.
I've got Madden 2005, and unless I knew I could play it on Linux I wouldn't switch, and something tells me I can't.
What? Do I look like I'm made of money??
Hell, if I could just get Mandrake 10.1 to work with my SpeedTouch USB, I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat. Besides, Linux admins make some serious cash.
OpenOffice.org is not only fully compatible with excel, but they go one step further and allow you to produce PDF documents from spreadsheets.
So, how's that IBM XT working for you?
Not that I bedrudge anyone else the right to chose their own OS, of course.
Not even close. I think it iiis fair to say the MS spreadsheet franchise is save from this entry.
Really, I can't understand everyone's grudge against MicroSoft and Bill Gates. Personally, other than preffering Mozilla over IE, I think their stuff is better than everyone else's. I have no problem with Word or anything else, but on forums like these people criticize nonstop saying how junky everything is. I have yet to have a serious problem other than occasional computer glistches, which everyone, Mac users included have sometimes.
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