Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Gus Wirth wrote:
At 15:04 10/31/2005 -0800, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Gus Wirth wrote:
Runs Microsoft Office. Runs WMV3 format movies. Runs tons of games.
Can purchase music from iTunes, Yahoo, and Napster.
All of which can be done with Crossover Office ($40 from the
Codeweavers
folks <http://www.codeweavers.com> ).
So explain how this is an improvement for most people? Most people can
get an OEM version of Windows for about $40 or so if they buy a computer.
What you really mean is that in order to get a $40 copy of Windows, one
has to spend $300 on new hardware.
The presumption seemed to be that Office was already in hand, as was
Windows, and that there was a desire/need to use Linux as a functional
replacement for Windows - for whatever reason. Done with a good enough
emulator (such as CrossOver Office) the application cares no more about
what OS it's /really/ running under than and engine knows what name is
on the rocker cover.
There is no prize for second place in all of this. Either Linux can
replace Windows, or it cannot.
Why must everything be couched in competitive terms. Everything is *not*
like a war. And in case you don't get out to many sporting events, there
are indeed prizes given for second place. And even third place.
Don't know about the DRM, but you can get Linux support for WMV3 in Xine,
mplayer, WINE, and VideoLAN Client by loading the native MS Windows DLL.
And that requires that I purchase Windows to be legal, last I checked.
-a
Again, the presumption seemed to be that Windows was already in hand. As
over 90% of the computing population uses Windows, that's not an
unreasonable presumption.
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