> Microsoft was your saviour because Microsoft caused all your problems > in the first place.
Ok, the topic here is personal and office computing. I mean cubical drones who are not allowed to used right mouse button? Consultants and their 20 MB powerpoints? Middle management assholes with the portable devices, always busy with syncing stuff from some weird Exchange source to another place. Grandpa who is trying to install his new scanner which also a tv receiver, because the isp told him he also watch tv over internet? It's one ugly amorphous quickly fluctuating mess that happens if you endow the average end user with a PC and throw them into a hit-and-run market environment. So far linux was spared by the end user and 'personal computing'. Would linux be really capable to enhance the personal computing experience not only for the enduser but also for the developer? I see two stumbling blocks: - X/X11/X org: I support a few members in my family and friends with linux installations and problems. X is a source for a lot of grieve. The complexity of X punches the end user to often. I dont see alternatives though. - Applications: I mean the way enduser application are developed deployed and installed. The best way would be mono, unfortunately a forbidden fruit because microsoft was too stupid to really set it free. _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
