peekay wrote: > 1. my comment about boss 3.0 hinges around my belief that > linux distros are more 'powerful' than windows .. they work > as desktops, servers, etc and also have appls like Ooo suite > included (M$ Vista 'includes' MsWorks 8 .. not MsOfficeX.xx)
strawman - i don't think anyone did argue with you on that. for example, i tend to believe that Open Source is a better development model for software than what Windows adheres to. That doesn't generally extrapolate to the belief that any linux distribution is 'powerful' > 2. ANY distro of linux .. ubuntu etc can be had on no payment > and on freedom to alter basis .. see things on an inclusive > platform .. use this and that and that .. use VmWare to do > all this .. no issues why vmware ? > 3. i am NOT recommending BOSS .. i AM recommending use > of hindi and the 22 languages which have unicode codepoints > .. " i do" in my post relates to use of 'hindi' .. not 'boss' > so i'm to be spared being 'dead' you miss the point or worse, don't want to get entangled with it. BOSSLinux has not been a good citizen in the world of FOSS. Now, I have no reason to ask why they choose to be what they ended up being ? What I have all the more reason to query is - why is it difficult for you to comprehend that re-inventing the wheel isn't how community operates ? > 4. a response .. 'older hardware' is not better .. newer distros > have some drivers missing for 'older hardware' .. i need both > confirmation and/or denial on this (mis)understanding .. if i did > indeed misunderstand again - missing the point or, worse ... if BOSSLinux does indeed contain drivers for any hardware that is not upstream, prudence demands that it would work out a zillion times well if it is pushed upstream. producingoss.com is a site that is highly recommended before we proceed to discuss more on this. > (btw kushal is fondly remembered by a top boss developer/ > programmer .. nirupama or indraveni .. from earlier days of > debian (?) development teaming ups .. time indeed affects > friendships .. as do positions of responsibilites and roles that > are to be played on the 'now' timelines .. such a sad fact .. > let's take a few cues .. and fight the 'terror' of 'disagreeing' .. > and try the 'mantra' of 'discovering' our own limiting 'qualities' .. > like marx said .. we have nogthing to lose except our shackles .. > arthur clarke brought the world together by his 'clarkes orbit .. > maybe we can learn from him to bring our tiny world of > friends closer to the spirit of working together for common good) sweet but naive. the easiest thing to talk about is 'ego'. the hardest thing is to admit that Open Source means working 'with' and not 'without' the community. admitting that is a step forward, trying to brush that aside with arguments that are not rational are a general act of being cute. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org
