On Fri, 1 Feb 02 16:38:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (howard schwartz) wrote: > The only major factor against it I can think of is that it is ``old'' -- > development has mostly stopped except for embedded systems. But so what?
> What am I missing about the need to rush to linux? What will I be missing > out on? Here's my need. I want to run an up-to-date graphical web browser. I don't like Windows or Microsoft. I think Microsoft is an evil empire that needs to be resisted. I think free is a good thing. There's lots of help and support available for Linux newbies, including local user groups. The Linux world is growing and developing. DOS is contracting and dying out. Since I am faced with a learning curve wherever I turn with computers to do something new, why not invest my time in an area that is growing and developing? I might feel differently if I was familiar with dozens of DOS programs and used them consistently. And if I had evolved methods and procedures over years of work and study that already worked for me. Why change if you don't have to? But sometimes you are forced to adapt. Deciphering graphical web sites in text mode with Lynx is not my idea of a good time. It gets harder and harder to do that. I like the graphical web and want a browser that works well. I don't want to use Windows. That spells Linux to me. I just wish it was less invovled and complicated! Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
