At 20:25 06.02.00 -0500, Sean Doull-Connolly wrote:
>Just a thought....some of us (eg me!) are
>using Linux so that we can eliminate
>Microsoft hassles (eg poor software,
>poor value, high cost, etc) from our lives.
>
Although the mail of James does include almost
everything about to say on this (Thanks James!),
here's my personal answer:
Sorry, but I'm earning my money with writing closed
source Windoze NT image analysis software. If anyone
is interested, there's a link on my website.
And our customers *expect* simple data transfer to
M$ Word and Excel, to state only one thing.
>Although I admit it would be nice if
>great software like DIA was widely used
>by WIN32 users, it would be nicer if
>more people realized that it's easy to
>use Linux ... and cheaper ... and more
>reliable .... and ....
>
I could comment on this, too. But instead would like to
quote Zach Beane (arguing for pretendedly ugly Gimp icons)
Also, they are Standard Icons. I know that doesn't mean much in the
GUI-of-the-week world of X, but they are they are Macintosh toolbox icons
[...]
>...but I'm sure you get the point.
you too?
Why not bundling our forces to strike against
the Imperium, instead of continue whining?
Hans
-------- Hans "at" Breuer "dot" Org -----------
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to
get along without it. -- Dilbert
