On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 06:25:25PM -0500, Gilbert Baron wrote:
> Linux is so great, where are all of the applications. I will tell you where
> they are. They are not written because nobody can make money on it .
What application do you need? They are all there! And everything is
available, most even in GPL. Latest addition: StarOffice 6 will be GPL'd.
Or do you mean application == games? If so, then yes, you are right;
*professional* games are _still_ a weakness of Linux. But that'll change
too.
> Everyone expects everything for free on Linux. Well ad far as application
> choice goes, you get what you pay for.
Yes, exactly! Everything I need is there: Office (KOffice, StarOffice),
graphics (GIMP), browser (Netscape, Mozilla), email clients (lots and
lotsa), news clients (too many to name 'em all), programming (what language
do you want? I suppose that it is available), databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL,
Interbase), ....
> I am not hoping that we talk about LINUX in the past tense. I just find it
> is not ready for serious use yet AT HOME.
So isn't Windows. That's all I'm trying to say.
> AGAIN though applications are the major thing, they drive the OS and not the
> other way around. THAT is the real world.
Sure, and that's why Linux will "win". If there's something to win.
Alexander Skwar
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