On 31 Jan 2000, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Derek,
>
> * Currently she uses AOL.. There is no AOL client for Linux.
My prejudices get in the way here too... no one should use AOL :)
However, this is not a shortcoming of linux, it is a shortcoming of AOL.
Then again, the type of people who currently use Linux tend not to use
AOL, so they have no reason to write a client -- ouruboros? Never can
remember how to spell that... :) Snake eating its own tail.
> * She uses QuickBooks. There is no alternative for Linux
You've definitely got me here. There isn't a good replacement. There is
an alternative, GNUCash, but it's not ready for prime time. Getting there
though.
> * I think she may have some other third-party software which isn't
> available for Linux.
Probably, but can it be replaced by something that is available for Linux?
And again, this is a short-comming of the software vendor, not of linux
per se. They are coming around, albeit slowly. How do you fix that?
Write the vendor, I guess. Though software vendors have been slower than
hardware vendors to come around. But you can't fix that problem with
code, except for coding a replacement...
--
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Who watches the watchmen?"
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347
Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator
Arris Interactive | A Nortel Company
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