anyone seen or heard this before?

[David A. Bandel]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:19:06 -0600
Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:30:24 -0400
> Joel Hammer <Joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that linux advocates should stop worrying about what
> > MS might be doing and spend their time making linux so easy and
> > powerful for the average desktop user that when MS tries this sort
> > of thing migration to linux would be a viable option for the average
> > person. Right now, linux is nowhere near good enuf.
> > 
> 
> 100% right on!

Well, I've found that in wireless networking, Windoze (all flavores, but
ME more so) is NOT ready at all, while Linxu is completely ready.

Takes 5 seconds to configure Linux on a wireless network.  I've
installed wireless on about 30-40 systems w/ Windoze and it is _never_
easy, _never_ works the first time, is a monstrous POS for networking
(and XP is so bad it takes me 4-6 hours to get any networking working on
it -- so many stupid, makes no sense questions -- I'm always lost, I
have no idea how the average joe connects to anything).

> 
> 
> > <rant>For another example of the failure of open source, the only
> > office suite that has consistently worked for me is the much
> > maligned(by the open source advocates) staroffice. 
> 
> Perhaps it's much maligned because there is a 99% compatible version
> in OpenOffice.  Free is great when you can get it.

OO works great.  And it's more intuitive than Word.

> 
> > Could this be that
> > people who write for money worry  about keeping customers happy
> > while opensource developers are more concerned with writing
> > beautiful software and impressing their peers but which may or may
> > not be usable by average folks?  This should send a message, but, it
> > will likely fall on deaf ears. Linux advocates tend to blame stupid
> > users, not stupid software.  </rant>
> > 
> 
> All too true.  There's nothing wrong with software that costs money,
> it's just that I find so much stuff that's absolutely free that I have
> no need for much beyond open software.  About the only non-free
> software I have anymore is 2 old copies of Win98 and related stuff
> that I use to keep the family happy.  Unfortunate but true, M$ Word 97
> is still easier to use than OpenOffice (ever try page numbering while
> skipping the first page?).  The spread sheet and graphing functions,
> OTOH, are just as easy to use as Excel.
> 
> Some day, linux will be just as easy as the costly alternative.  It's
> made tremendous progress just in the past year.

Linux is already much easier than Windoze.  All M$ crap does is
frustrate me.  The simplest things can't even be done in less that
<reverb on>NINE HOURS<reverb off>.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
-- 
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
		Nemesis Racing Team motto
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