Here here!!
MS is good for people who don't tinker, and don't care. It's NOT for
'US', but we already knew that, didn't we? I've always said that MS's
only real fault was pushing OS's out before they were ready. They do
put out some really good products (MSMoney99, Office2k, Age of Empires
all come to mind).
--
Ty Mixon
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/14/99, 1:47:49 PM, "Michael R. Batchelor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote regarding Browser (was Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux):
> [Don asbestos flame suit]
> >
> > >Face it, the open source community just doesn't find browsers "sexy"
to
> > >create.
> >
> > Well, they better change their minds on that one. It's where Linux
looses
> > the game if the only browser that's useful is IE.
> That depends on the goals of the open source community.
> Originally it had nothing whatsoever to do with Microsoft bashing, and
> if Bill Gates purchases the USA in order to fire the DOJ, the people
who
> were, and still are, in the middle of the "Open Source" movement
rather
> than the "Bash Microsoft" movement won't bat an eyelash. THEY DON'T
> CARE. Read some of the stuff about and by Richard Stallman before
anyone
> had ever even *HEARD* of Microsoft Windows. (Hell, I coerced my boss
> into sending him $100 in 1989, and I had never even seen a copy of
> Windows.)
> > [...]
> > I'd encourage anyone who can write documentation or code to point your
> > browser at mozilla.org and see if you can help. Sexy or not, the
browser is
> > the most important app on the desktop computer today, and Linux
doesn't have
> > one.
> >
> If you care about Linux having a significant presence on the desktop,
I
> think this is about the most sound assessment of the situation today.
> Like it or not, the corporate desktop is driven by the masses who *ARE
> NOT COMPUTER GEEKS!* Those masses care about
> 1) the browser
> and
> 2) HTML Mail {Help me! It burns! It burns! Take it away!}
> Bill Gates may be a lot of things, but he is not stupid. And when he
> integrated IE and Outlook into the Windows desktop he was exactly
right. And
> anyone who wants to compete *MUST* compete there. No amount of perl
code
> will unseat him.
> But, again, what are the goals of the "Open Source" movement. To
provide
> a freely available set of tools to meet their own needs? Or to compete
> capitalistically against a well heeled competitor who *IS GETTING
PAID!*
> I'll wager that the "savior" of Linux on the desktop will be the one
who
> can figure out how to make a profit on the browser and HTML mail
reader.
> It may be open source or it may not, but I'm confident it will be the
> one who can make a profit.
> MB
> P.S. If you *REALLY* give a damn about Linux on the desktop, stop
giving
> the poor newbies such a hard time about the HTML tags in their email.
> Get over it, that's where the world is headed.
> [Remove flame suit. Claim you were drugged and forced to say it.]
> --
> Michael R. Batchelor
> Industrial Informatics & Instrumentation, Inc.
