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oh man linux user must read this one
jtpenrod:
In the words made famous by Bugs Bunny: WHUDDA MAROON! :D .
quote:Those of the anti-microsoft crowd either refuse to acknowledge the fact that an operating system in this day and age needs to be able to render HTML out of the box just as much as it needs to be able to render ASCII; or they're complete idiots. It does not matter that Microsoft holds a virtual monopoly on the desktop computing market. The fact remains that if an operating system comes out of the box without the ability to render HTML, it is a defective or incomplete product.
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Since when?(!) :eek: The OS doesn't "render" HTML, and it doesn't "render" ASCII either! There are web browsers to do the former, and text editors/word processors to do the latter. Not only that, but Linux comes with lots more of each than any Winderz (l)user ever dreamed of.
quote:I think the Anti-Microsoft crowd should spend a little more time concentrating on trying to make their OS attractive to developers instead of complaining about the architecture of Microsoft's end-user desktop operating system, which, honestly, doesn't concern most of the end-users who use the product.
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Oh really?(!) :eek: Let's see... With Linux, I got: GCC (compilers/linkers), Qt Designer (GUI-based programming aid/graphical class library), KDevelop (KDE programming aid/GUI class library), Glade (GNOME programming aid/GTK+, GDK class libs), Python, Perl, Ruby (very powerful scripting languages and interpreters), GDB (debugger) KDeBug (Graphical front-end for GDB), automake (Makefile manager), autoconf (configuration manager), EMACS, XEMACS, Vim, and Kate (all text editors geared to writing code). I also installed FOX (graphical class libs + really kewel freebies) as I like it better than Qt or KDevelop. How much did all that cost me? NOTHING!: all these development tools were either right there on the Linux install CDs, or available to download for free! What did I get for doing Winderz development when I had Win 95? NOTHING!. I had to pop for $100 to get Borland's C++Builder/Delphi :mad: (and it would have cost a helluva lot more, except for the fact that Win 9x was already on the way out). So what more can we do to make Linux more attractive to developers?
Oh well, st00pid is as st00pid does.
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[ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: jtpenrod ]
Lord C:
quote:Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
Don't get angry at that moron, Linux will have the last laugh. In 3-4 years Microsoft will lose almost all of their desktop market share. With IE or without.
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tr00 dat :D
Windows codename Longhorn ( i beleive to be the next home-user OS from M$ ) will be so0o0o full of piracy protection i doubt people will stick with it for long, even with its new skinned look (more babyish effects, to follow on from msn messenger5 and XP)
I mean come on, like over 90% of people i know who use a PC, do so for downloading mp3s/films and such. do they really wanna stop 'cos m$ says so?
Plus the fact Linux is getting a lot nicer looking. and gradually becoming more user friendly.
slave:
Yeah the handcuffware in Longhorn will be a definite turnoff for most people. I don't even think Zombie would buy Longhorn.
Lord C:
Who 'buys' M$ products anyway!? rofl
mattymanx:
I wonder how much M$ paid that guy to write that stuff.
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