From: "Amol Hatwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Why all this finger-pointing? I am an unhappy Windoze user thanks to some
stupid company project; and I have to put up with the suffering everyday.
As for the Windows support et al. According to what their ads on TV say,
Windows actually helps "start anything"... but mark my words, it also makes
sure that whatever got started stops working. Don't believe me? Learn some
C
and have a look at the stolen code floating around on the Net.
Guys why the perpetual Windoze bashing? I am a Linux user hooked to my Linux
system(s) 24x7 but I don't think its right to bash Windoze *all* the time.
M$ does lie, cheat and extorts money from the users of "genuine" windoze but
cut it some slack! It's after all a fool proof OS which IMHO GNU/Linux will
never be. GNU/Linux won't ever reach the "ease" of Windoze because it needs
intelligent users :) But there *is* something that GNU/Linux must learn from
Windoze that when you're targetting the OS for an office/workplace
environment then it must work out of the box. The users must not spend hours
hacking the kernel to get something working or go through lengthy
compilation process just to get a program going. I am very happy to see that
most newer distros have shown significant improvement in this regards.
Would you put diesel in a petrol-driven car? You just can't throw hardware
at GNU/Linux and expect things to work. Before you buy that new gizmo, make
sure you have a look at the hardware compatibility lists. GNU/Linux
delivers
what it promises; if there's something it can't deliver, it doesn't
promise.
Yeah, it's just that hardware vendors must make a Windoze driver otherwise
their hardware wont survive in the market. Just try using an old scanner
with windoze xp and see how much trouble you have getting it to work. I have
a scanner which has XP drivers and is supposed to work correctly(according
to M$'s website) but it doesn't. I have to yet come across a piece of
hardware which Linux promises will work and it doesn't. Atleast with
GNU/Linux you may be able to modify a newer driver to get it to work with
the old scanner but in windoze there is no hope!
Why complain that Windows allows me to do this, and GNU/Linux doesn't allow
me to do it? GNU/Linux and Windows are different; not clones. Besides that
you'd be just complaining "there's no sauce on my burger". GNU/Linux world
is a self-service world; make your own sauce and pour.
Hmm...maybe Gandhi or someone influenced it :) GNU/Linux incorporates the
principle of Swawalamban (Self service?)
And JTD, get a life; choose a better subject line next time :P
Hehe, good one!
Regards,
Dinesh
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