I did not reply to the reply to my message because I believed it got really off topic. I hope further discussions like these are done in private or at the appropriate place.
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Massimo Scabbia wrote: > Hi Claudiu! > > > > I think is time to kill this thread. Now is slightly off-topic. > > Anyway, below my toughts :) > > Why??? It's always good having a confrontation! And, well, it's time to say > diehard Linux fans, with closed eyes, how the things work (or not work, in > the case of Linux... :-))))) > > >> Well, UNIX was a good command line OS, but now is time is over. We all > need > >> gui to simplify our work, and it's not really important if it's > >> administrative work or office work, or better multimedia work. > > > Think about KDE & GNOME projects. In some respects M$ products must try > >to take some lessons. I'll be glad to discuss after 1 year. Just think to > >jump from KDE 1.x to 2.x series. It's huge. M$ can't afford to spent such > >many number of developers to improve their GUI & friendlines. > > For now KDE and Gnome are nothing more toys that crash most of the time... > Especially versions 2 and 1.4. KDE 1 work but it's a baby gui... Nothing to > do with the maturity of Explorer. > > >> This is becouse I can't resist when someone ask him to port Linux IrDA > >> stack under Windows becouse Windows stack is "weak" - like he say... I > >> think also Brattli can laugh of it... He do some fun programming and > >> Microsoft have 100 professional developers working on IrDA stack and > >> someone say Windows IrDA stack is weak... LOL LOL LOL. > > > You're definitively wrong. Just think why many IrDA companies > implemented > >their stacks? Read why Miscrosoft abruptly dropped IrCOMM support in > >W2000. They take things simply, and if someone don't like who cares? > >Jean pointed some weeks ago and even I read this on M$ site. > > Well, they dropped Ircomm becouse, like happen with me and with many others, > is just a pain to make it work in many situations. Not the real solution. > The IrDA bridge implemented on Win2000 work out of the box everytime with > all the products. Ircomm is old technology, that's all. > > > Just go and use only Windows. Please forget about Linux and I'm > personaly > >sorry about your stress and lost time due to using Linux. It's time for you > >to use only Windows. > > Why? It's my choice. I like to learn things to improve my knowledge, and > Linux is also FREE, so I like it becouse I not have to pay it! U have the > typical attitude of many the Linux fans: u close your eyes becouse u love > your bad toys... :-))) > > >P.S. Please email-me privately if you want reply me. > > Why??? It's always good to exchange opinions, this is a thing many Linux > fans like yourself have to learn, it's more important that know using very > well... :-))) > > > Regards > > Massimo > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IrDA mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pasta.cs.UiT.No/mailman/listinfo/linux-irda > -- Roberto Jung Drebes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~drebes/ _______________________________________________ Linux-IrDA mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pasta.cs.UiT.No/mailman/listinfo/linux-irda
