I beg to differ, Outlook is Virus bate. We need a troll here almost as much
as Outlook express. Hey ever wonder why so many companys refuse to use
it? Give you a clue. It's Junk :)
Now you have a real nice day and you dont forget to write. If Outlook will
work that is :)
Bye
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:15 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Windoze
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> I mean applications for Ham Radio like
> Truetty RTTY and AMtor with sound cark
> Zakanaka PSK31 with sound card
> Logic 5 Logging and radio control program
> Fritz 6 Chess program that has beaten the world champion
> MS Office I don't want to convert files and everyone is using office
> Fugawi A digital mapping program that allows me to make maps to put in my
> Palm for GPS use
> PSP5 The best low cost image processing program
>
> All this is only a start. I have 15000 files on my system. Of course not
> that many apps but a lot.
> Netscape sucks in comparison to IE5.5. Various other things that are not yet
> on Linux.
>
>
> > > 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), ....
>
> Yes but these applications are not nearly as robust as the Usoft
> counterparts. Nothing available can touch Outlook and Outlook express.
>
> >
> > > 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.
>
> Not at this time it won't. It is also MUCH harder to install for the average
> person.
> It is a fun toy and learning experience, that is all.
>
>
> >
> > Alexander Skwar
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