Microsoft tipping

[Ted Ozolins]

Alma J Wetzker wrote:

>>
>> This is where I totally disagree with you Alma. The absence of M$ 
>> will not depreciate competition. I do not believe that Linux will 
>> become a one_distribution_OS thus the competition for ease of use 
>> will be driven by the user base and not M$. As various software 
>> companies port to Linux, the demand for support and ease of use will 
>> become the new competition. It was that long ago that setting up a 
>> new printer as a total nightmare and the source of many flames (my 
>> asbestos suit has many a scorch marks to attest to this) As the user 
>> base increased so did the ease of installing hardware. In some cases 
>> printing may not be as easy to set up as some would like, its still a 
>> lot better then it was. Everything from sound to networking has 
>> become easier to setup, driven by the users and graciously given by 
>> many talented programmers. This is how Linux has and will grow, 
>> thanks to the many many working together for a single goal.
>>
>> JMHO
>>
> I sincerely hope you are correct.
>
>     -- Alma
>
Alma, all you have to do is look at the transition from CPM to DOS to 
wintendo. Once each of these O/S's were accepted, the software followed. 
The only reason M$ took over the role of "software provider" was that M$ 
killed off any competition it could find. Were it not for the "M$ 
terrorism" there would be a lot more software offerings then there is at 
the present for any of the wintendo offerings. During the DOS frenzy, 
the listings at sunsite for DOS programs were endless. Take a look at 
sourceforge and come back and tell me that we need M$ to move forward 
with linux. M$ is a lie, a bucket full of holes and empty promises whose 
time has come to joint the rest of the dinosaurs.

JMHO

-- 
Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C