APPLIXWARE 5.0 ($99) is lean and mean and works much better than StarOFfice! The drawing tool even feels something like CORELDRAW! With VECTOR FONTS! ------- Original Copy ------- >Subject: Re: [plug] [OSOPINION] X Windows must DIE! Article worth a read. >Date: 07/16/2000 11:50 PM >From: "Ian C.Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, you wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote: >> .. >> > well i use linux for server and desktop use. I NEVER EVER use windows >> > anymore for daily work. >> >> >> that's not a sufficient answer. linux advocacy mustnt mean being blind to >> other solutions. there are still some apps which work better on >> windoze. for example, staroffice vs msoffice. yeah, the former is >> good. but why flog yourself when msoffice is better? and as an aside, >> staroffice is bloatware. it feels slower than msoffice on the same >> hardware. >> >> my point is, "lets use linux for everything" wont fly and i dont think it >> ever will. just look at VMS. :) > >Well to each his own. I myself don't like how staroffice is just as bloated as >MS Office [or even more, with all that X Windows bloat], but i choose to use >Linux because it's much more convenient for me, rather than maintaining a dual >boot system and keep on having to reboot each time i need to open a word >document. Either that or nudge out an officemate from his windows computer so >that i can make a proposal. Nope, It simply is not practical. > >Linux serves my purposes, and serves it well. I don't do desktop publishing, >i don't do games, i don't do M$ development. And you know what, a great >majority of people don't do them as well. I never said "use linux for >everything". I'm merely pointing out that i myself have no use for Windows >anymore, and in fact a whole lot of other people are the same as me. That's my >point. Not the sweeping generalization you mentioned above. > >And if the open source community of developers just address the issue of >software bloat in X Windows, we will have a system comparable or even faster >than the speed of commercial systems. > > >- >Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph >To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
