Hello- That was supposed to be a joke replying to another joke. I'd never expected such a serious reply. I was not here advocating Linux or anything. But I'd be really happy to see Linux tools coming out. That's why there was a question there.
Like most people out there, I don't read every post. So there is a great chance that I miss things so obvious or already answered. I have seen reasonings about why no linux version will not be out due to licensing reasons. Well, a binary only realease will be just fine for most of the poeple. Max --- Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Max Bian wrote: > > Forget about the windows developers. They have paid the > > high price tag for that OS already. > > > > How about developers who use Linux? Are there Linux > > versions of these tool coming? All I heard so far > > are "NT", "2000", "XP", "CW", ... > > > > And by the way, even fewer reboots if you use Linux! > > This is so OT that I hate to say anything about it, but... (don't read > on if you will be offended). > > 1st, the supposed reliability issues with Windows have been greated > exaggerated. One of my computers is running Win98 24x7 and I don't > even have to reboot it once a month. Of course, I prefer my Win2K > machine because it *is* more reliable -- it also runs 24x7 and I have > never had to reboot it (except when certain sw apps demand a reboot > during installation). > > 2nd, the supposed stability and security and reliability of Linux is > greatly exaggerated. Linux is supposed to be so amazingly wonderful, > so reliable, so error-free, so secure, etc., but it is *not*. It is > just another OS, written by error-prone human beings. It is more > suitable than some for certain situations and less suitable for other > situations. (See http://news.com.com/2100-1001-830130.html for a > report out just today that the US government is so concerned about the > security holes in Linux (and all open source sw) that DARPA is funding > a project to help fix it.) > > 3rd, Palm Inc. can not "Forget about the windows developers". The > largest number of developers of Palm OS apps are using Windows. Peter > Epstein and others have already explained why the one tool currently > only exists on Windows and why it may stay that way. > > > --- Jim Cooper wrote: > > > > > > > But not all windows developers use NT/2000 or XP > > > > > > If they don't then they're either seriously insane, or they like > > > spedning hours rebooting every day ;-) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please > see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ ===== http://www.weirdwww.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
