On 2012-11-06, at 6:42 PM, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
> Hi Mats,
>
> On Tue, 06. Nov 2012 at 22:58:22 +0100, Mats Elfström wrote:
>> I realize that I will be flamed for this, but as I am very fond of Open
>> Source and QGIS, I am saddened by the disregard for the majority of
>> computer user
Hi Mats,
On Tue, 06. Nov 2012 at 22:58:22 +0100, Mats Elfström wrote:
>I realize that I will be flamed for this, but as I am very fond of Open
>Source and QGIS, I am saddened by the disregard for the majority of
>computer users, many of whom do not even have the option to choose their
Normally i really can't complain about the windows support.
Once you understand what this osgeo4w installer does and how to use it
e.g. for advanced installs, it really works very well.
I think it's much harder for untrained people under linux to get extra
stuff running than with the windows
I think all the effort put in making QGIS available for Window users shows
everything but disregard for QGIS users on this OS. In addition, I think
people should never forget that all the work developers put into the
development of QGIS is a huge favor to us users, whether on Linux or
Windows!.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Mats Elfström
wrote:
> Hi!
> I am somewhat puzzled by a remark by Mr Paolo Cavallini in another thread.
> The poster there had experienced serious difficulties when updating his
> QGIS.
>
> His main mistake seems to be that he was running Windows, and Paolo wrote:
>
Hi Mats,
sorry if I was unclear.
Il 07/11/2012 06:58, Mats Elfström ha scritto:
>
> Globally, according to
> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp, some 84 % run
> Windows flavors, and 5 % are Linux users.
> Surely those numbers merit a little more than a 'favour' for Windows
> users?
Hi!
I am somewhat puzzled by a remark by Mr Paolo Cavallini in another thread.
The poster there had experienced serious difficulties when updating his
QGIS.
His main mistake seems to be that he was running Windows, and Paolo wrote:
*Please also remember that Windows packaging involves a tremendous
