Re: [Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?]

[George Houdek-Viskovska]

Hi Marku nejsi  ty z Czech Republic ?? Vypada to podle jmena ze jo :-)))  Jirka     ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Potochnik To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?] >So what your saying is anyone who praises M$ is a M$ spy???? >(climbs up soap box) >Sorry to burst your bubble...but M$ still does alot of things better than any >'nix does.  Consider the uses of D3D, DVD, USB and many other devices that M$ >directly supports NOW..   You are basically right..... BUT... The support for the new Itanium Chip is ready NOW  for  Linux..... And there are things that Linux does that Win can't...   .it is mostly in ALPHA or BETA right now for ALL >'nix's.  Linux is catching up...probably about another year or so of >development, and Linux can/will rival M$ for a larger market share of OS's. >But until then, I notice ALOT of people sending to this list that want/need >DUAL boot to an M$ version, or people saying they are not at their Linux box. When WP office for Linux comes out that will be the big switch from playing with Linux to USING it....   >So if M$ is SOOOOOOOOOO bad...why do people that swear by Linux, and swear AT >M$ continue using it for things like browsing, DVD, USB, printing graphics, >any game that requires Direct X ( which is ALOT of the popular titles), many >high end programs that have no equivalent in any 'nix language.   A couple of months until Corel Draw comes out.... MarkP