On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 16:09 +0530, Rony wrote: > jtd wrote: > > > > But to each his own poison. And everytime somebody makes a blanket > > statement based on arbitary criteria i will jump at them. > > > You started it all with your blanket statements about software that > don't run in Linux. Expressing problems about Linux does not mean you > have to attack Windows or its users every time. If you face problems in
I don't think that the statements you are referring to conveyed the idea you suggest they do. > Windows, its crappy. If others face problems in Linux, they are the ones > wrong. This is the wrong attitude that triggers flames. All software > whether libre or closed have problems and the approach to solving the > problems is no different. And, no! No one is saying that users of Windows apps are wrong. What we (the linux bigots) are trying to say is that with closed source apps and closed standards, you (the OS secularists) are likely (to put it extremely mildly) to be stuck in a one way downward spiral that will force you to - a. spend larger amounts of money b. tolerate lower levels of freedom c. be forever tied to the whims of individual companies Nobody is denying that problems/bugs exist. However, to assume that the approach to solving them is the same is completely incorrect. It's not our attitude that is wrong. It is your interpretation of that attitude. -gabin -- Specifications, design, and coding can be done at any speed - only debugging takes time. -- Weinberg's Programming Principle #6 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
