Zaire still won't connect

[Joel Hammer]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 05:18:49PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 07/13/03 17:00, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Koffice hasn't gone anywhere.  Whether it sux is another story, but you 
> seem to be confusing staying power with usefulness.

          Koffice is still   being developed, I guess, but who
          uses it? Who would suggest it is a useful piece of
          software? This despite the fact that the koffice
          people, at least a year ago, were hyping koffice
          has a great piece of useful software.

> You confuse Star Office with Open Office in the same way that you confuse 
> Netscape with Mozilla.  They started in the same place, but finish with 

     OK. Get technical. The fact is, no consortium of volunteers
     created open office. Same for mozilla. Both were gifts
     from profit making corporations.  Maybe when corel goes
     bankrupt (If they haven't already) they'll give wordperfect
     and quattro pro to the opensource movement. That's my
     only hope for a really great office suite in linux.

> 
> Linus notes quite often, Linux wasn't created, nor is it actively developed 
> as a competitor to M$.
> 
     Yes. I supose he'll say that if linux  doesn't catch on
     with the desktop.  If it does catch on, I am sure the tune
     will be different.  MS certainly seems to think linux is
     a desktop threat.

> However, its really all a moot point.  You're basing your entire series of 
> rants on _one_ incredibly crappy excuse for a Linux distro, Lindows. 
> Lindows doesn't even market itself to businesses.  How about trying a 
> distro who targets the business sector, and then forming some opinions?
 
     I went with a distro that was easy to use. Lindows
     is making the maximum effort to make linux as easy as
     windows. If they can't do it, perhaps nobody can. And,
     you cannot beat a $200 lindows computer. They actually
     works. Heck, it runs XP, too.

> And finally, if you're so utterly dissatisfied with Linux, why are you 
> using it?  Its readily apparent that you're frustrated & miserable, yet you 
> don't appear to be making any effort to improve or fix the things that 

     Well, I am no a C programmer, so I can't really fix
     anything serious. I do contribute when possible. I have
     actually writen two steps, quite good if I don't say
     so myself. And, I am active on other linux type lists,
     helping newcomers find their way. However, I am going
     to be using windows more and linux less in the future,
     but only because linux has just failed to live up to its
     promise on the desktop.

Joel