On Friday 04 September 2009, sameer shinde wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM, jtd<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Friday 04 September 2009, sameer shinde wrote: > > > > Moving backward in time to a discredited and obsolete method of storing > > all mails in a single file - mbox. > > Why is a single file bad? locks. Enter the maildir format to solve your > > vanishing mails woes. > > http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html > > > >> Where as most other clients do it in many folders ways ( including > > > > Naturally. Only M$ will select the worst method and format. > > Somehow I'm not conveyance with the ans.
You dont have to be convinced about technical arguments. Not until your pst file gets screwed or your data vanishes without a trace. But if you are clever you will check out what file locking, security etc. is about. > If MS were so bad, it would > have not been so popular. Aha i see. You need to grep the list to know how M$ uses your money to convince you about their popularity, lower TCO, stability, user friendliness etc. Or simply take our word for it and switch, or not be convinced at all and continue throwing good money after bad - the choice is entirely yours - it's your money, data and computer after all. > I'm not the supporter of MS but I don't blame either. Hmm. The courts think otherwise and fined them a fat sum - your money actually. But we digress. The GNU/Linux environment will almost always have tools that exceed most closed software in every metric. However it is very rare to find bad practices and piecemeal "thook-patti" merely to imitate some M$ thingy or the other. If you have defined your "real" requirements, you will have any number of choices and permutations to pick from. So while looking for alternatives do take the trouble to define requirements correctly. On a side note, sometimes when some piece of software / functionality is missing, it will be due to patents and at such times the decision to use closed software now, at the risk of a downside in the future has to be looked at very carefully. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
