On Monday 11 March 2002 02:48, you wrote: > about the "taking or not taking on M$ " .. don't you think > that all those people ( i.e. me ) that leave windows and use linux > are growing in number because of this kind of competition? > > M$ has blown away every single competitor till now, using incredibly > agressive, unfair and probably illegal methods. they are scared, > of course, because linux does not depend on a single company and thus > there is no clear enemy to crush. but playing Ghandi is not going > to help us, either. M$ is not giving away any territory, and if linux > is going to grow, it will be by taking it out of them. I Dis-agree, the very best thing for GNU linux is MS lic. schemes, that is (and will be) driving people and companies to GNU-Linux. without M$ driving businesses away, GNU-Linux would not have a prayer. (Linus said the very best thing he has going for him is that he is not Bill Gates)
> > and of course, much of this has to do with advertising and > media in general. M$ with their FUD stuff, linux with our "we are getting > so much better" stuff. > i'm not entirely sure i'm making myself clear, i guess i'm too sleepy > to think right .. :oP > > > How is it better? Please name one thing I can't do in GIMP that you can > > in PShop, other than doing CMYK separations. Don't forget also to factor > > in that PhotoShop isn't free. > > well, ... i could make a list of every single plug-in .. but it could take > years. i'm not saying gimp can't do this or that, it's just that PS's > got a plug for everithing and it just makes it easier........ > > *** stop *** > > ----------------- let's try not to make a Gimp Vs. PS here... i'll drop > this part of the discussion. it could be endless. > > > > oh and one more thing.. yeah i know that very few OS's were designed > > > with multimedia in mind, but what i wanted to say is, linux was, > > > as far as i can see ( someone with more knowledge will correct me here > > > if needed ) built from the ground up to be a very stable and secure > > > system, and over the years of development all the other stuff, from GUI > > > installs to the Gimp and freeamp ... just grew afterwards. and this is > > > not the case with windows, which is almost pure GUI ( wanna call it > > > bloat? ok! let's call it that >:o) > > > > Well I don't get your point, before windoze there was DOS. <shrug> > > my point is down here. > > > > i think it was civileme that said something like " linux was not made > > > with sound system in mind and it uses very little bandwidth for > > > sound events " well, this is exactly what i mean. i was just not > > > built that way. of course this will change, and i think it will be > > > soon enough. > > > > True, but the kernel can evolve. I find sound working just fine, but > > then I don't use bloated window managers like KDE that screw up more > > than they help out. > > ... after all, linux is about choice, huh? > > > > at least that's the feeling i got. > > > > > > i like this kind of discussion very much. i find them educative :oP > > > please keep replying :o) > > > > <nod> However, I think I've had too much caffeine to-day, had a heavy > > workload to do, and well I think I over did it. It's 1:30am here, I have > > to work bright n early tomorrow and I can't sleep, 'casue I'm still on a > > caffeine induced bz. Excuse the rant. (:'> > > ok, we can leave it for tomorrow ;oP > ( it's 04:30 AM here. ) > > Damian
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