If only Linux had 20,000 people working full time on its office suite (Or all of its Office Suites combined) sorry I'm not trying to put down Linux I do of course run Gentoo in a dual boot configuration with Windows XP BUT I don't deceive myself on the basics facts, i.e. Windows and MS Office have had ENOURMOUS amounts of development done (More than Linux) on them and are very full featured and well supported (On the other hand.... Expensive, Inflexible, Gloated).
No I think your posts misses the point altogether it's not the amount of development that is done on the software or the size (In this department MS wins) its how well its all done and how well it works (I don't think MS wins in this ;) ). -----Original Message----- From: Angel Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 5 September 2003 6:38 PM To: GenToo Mail Subject: [gentoo-user] Future of linux... Imagine this sales pitch between MS, and Linux. MS Guy to director of finance in big company: Yes, we have a team of 60 developers activly working on our office suite Linux Guy to same: We activly have 20k people devloping OUR office suite MS Guy to director: We have a support service that is very low cost, and out telephone staff are specially trained to answer and question Linux Guy: Our support is free, from the people that actually write our software, not from people that are trained to answer support queries MS Guy: Our software is avalible in most retail outlets Linux Guy: Out software os avalible anywhere with a net connection MS Guy: FINE, go get linux then!!! If only this happened in every major industry, linux would take over! -- ***** Not everyone is touched by an Angel.... .... Those that are, never forget the experience ***** -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
