On 3 Sep 2006 at 12:51, Dave Land wrote: > On Sep 1, 2006, at 9:05 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not > > worthy to kiss. - David Brin > > With all the things that you and I have to disagree about, it is nice > that we > have this in common.
And I'm going to keep on using windows purely because it's what the programs I use run on, and the Mac's charge a stiff premium for their hardware. I'm not a technophile, which occasionally is a hinderance in an industry of little but technophiles - I use tech-as-a-tool, and my purchasing descisions are purely based on the programs I use, many of which are DirectX/.NET dependent and have no Linux/Max equivalent. (And the pricing issue). I do dual-boot windows 2k and linux, but I don't feel that Linux is ready for most home users, unlike projects like OpenOffice, which I've recommended for some years... it's a shame that I can't move away entirely because of some of the more arcane Excel spreadsheets used by friends of mine don't translate to Calc well. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
