"jim t.p. ryan" wrote:
>
> Yeah, we can't get our personal POP mail here so I have to use a web based E-mail
>client.
>
> I use Linux at home with Star Office, Netscape, etc. I can do a somewhat adequate
> job, but lets face it, it's no MS Office. As for installations, it's still pretty
> much a crapshoot. For example, I had to go through hoops to figure out where to
> launch Star Office from once it was installed. With Windows, most of this is
> transparent.
I had not problem installing Star Office, or launching it. Just ran
the RPMs from the SO disk in my 6.1. Same thing with Corel. Yes,
things could be better. They will be, too.
<snip>
> Why does everybody insist on berating Microsoft for making money (the constant
> referral to M$) like it's something evil? I don't think Red Hat or VA or any of the
> others are in the business to give away everything.
I don't think they're in business to give away everything, but see my
other message on MS (note the spelling) about their "business
ethics." THAT's why I berate them. Ethics matter.
>
> They are the bully, but they need to be beaten by something better, no just beaten
>for the sake of it. I use Explorer as a browser because it is better, I use Quicken
>instead of MS Money because it is better. Which, but the way,is another app that
>will keep me in Windows. Intuit beat them at this because they're better, not by
>whining to the Justice department or suing them.
Fortunately, when MS tried to by Intuit (because they couldn't
compete), the Justice department decided competition is a good thing,
and told MS they couldn't. BTW:
>
> I think Linux is a really cool server OS, network appliance OS. I use it at home
> for a file/print/gateway server. That's the strengh of it. They can win there,
> they should focus on it.
And, GNOME & KDE (which are NOT part of the kernel, different folks)
can win on the desktop. They should focus on that. The strength of
the Open Source community is the community. Each focusing on a single
part (Linux & Co on the kernel, Apache on web services, SAMBA on
Windows interoperability, KDE & GNOME on the desktop, etc).
>
> Hope your Friday is improving...
Why? Are you having problems? My Friday's been going great.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jim Ryan
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical
Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:978.446.9166,x271 fax:
978.446.9470
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thought for today: A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will
protect the fuse by
blowing first.
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
