Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2006 00:12 schrieb Gregory Pittman: > Allen wrote: > > Brief example. There is no documented process to migrate from Outlook > > 2002 to Outlook 2003. They changed the file structure, locations and > > naming. It is so bad that Microsloth had to give a freebie to a client > > of mine when it came time to migrate. It probably cost them 6 or 7 hours > > of tier two support to solve the problem only partially. My client is > > now much more willing to look at alternatives, but..., well, when she > > looked at what she'd have to learn and what she'd have to do to > > communicate with with her clients who are still in the Windoze world, > > she passed. She's in her mid fifties and really only wants to do the > > build outs for facilities moves, not spend her time learning computers. > > But try this antidote... > One of the things we are learning about the brain which impacts all of > us, whether we're in our fifties or not, is that an important way to > keep your brain healthy is to continue all of your life to challenge > yourself to learn new things. About the time we begin to say, "well, > I've had enough new stuff, I'm just going to stick with what I'm > familiar with," our brains begin to shrink as we miss opportunities to > show ourselves that we're not all washed up and ready to start shopping > for a funeral plot. The nice thing about Linux is that it let's you > learn about it, doesn't try to keep you from learning anything, even if > that's cmake.
CMake may not be the best example here since it's so much easier to learn and use than automake :) And then there's the speed issue. In automake, you run ./configure + options and ... wait. In case you are testing Scribus cvs, you even have to run make -f before. With CMake, you run cmake + options, count one, two, th... done! Anyone who has already bitten his keyboard due to some inexplicable behaviour of automake, will never, ever want to look back after using CMake. > > And chase it down with this one... > It seems strange to me to hear story after story of the ongoing agonies > of putting up with all the hassles of Windows, yet even if someone from > Microsoft broke into homes and smashed computers to bits, WGA? > the reaction > is still, "I guess that means I'll have to buy the next version of > Windows." And in case of Vista a new computer with hardware requirements that will make a heating installation dispensable. > > Greg Christoph
