Here's a couple.<snip>
A. Development tools and workplaces:
Low adaptation gives MS power to dictate *bad* (non)standards. MS-Word
is not the real problem here; MFC, DirectX, Visual Basic, C#, etc are!
As developers we are forced to use non standard closed tools and
libraries that can be changed without notice by Microsoft.
Agree, but not really relevant, is it? Developers are a small community, which should indeed be exposed to Linux. As an Elec. Eng. I see several tools running on Windows which were obviously developed under some UNIX system.
You have a point there. This could be solved with Internet Explorer under wine, though, as Shachar demonstrated partially at Haifux yesterday. Yes, I would be happier too if it was all Mozilla, but if the Explorer was available for Linux (ran as nobody, jailed with chroot ;), would we care so much?
B. Non standard shared Web-sites: At least half of the sites in Israel don't work right under Mozilla. (ynet, walla, etc) Why? cause they are using non-standard IE-only extensions. Christ, even the Linux forum in ynet cannot be read using Mozilla... I talked to the forum admin and nada... zilch.
C. Windows only access to ISPs: Anyone who've were part of the cable modem tests will know what I mean.The fact is that we already have one ISP which is Linux-aware: Actcom. They may not be cheapest, but from my own experience with several ISPs, when you work with an ISP for the masses, you can't expect much of the services that you would like with or without Linux. For example, I recall that Barak's mail relay server denied me to send mails unless the sender was explicitly a Barak domain (this may have changed).
Some ISPs used l2tp instead of the "normal" pptp during the test. Small
problem: there was no l2tp package back then. I talked to the ISP and
there was no-one there that even knew what I the hell I was talking
about! Luckily I found a l2tp source that I could adapt to my needs.
Anyone here sees any sane ISP doing the same to Windows users?
Have you tried Wine?And a personal one: D. Games!!! God dangit! I want to play HL2 under Linux!
Eli
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