noong: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:11:22 +0800 kanyang minutawi: | |=>"Open source is no cure-all". Hmmm.... Orly would violently |=>disagree with that. My stance is that it is remarkably close |=>to being a cure-all, but not absolutely. Money still makes |=>the world go round :-).
If you are loking for a cure-all go to Ernie Baron since both of you are motivated by one thing *MONEY* |=>Application-wise, Linux still has nowhere near the application |=>base that Win 9x had. But I believe that since Linux has become |=>friendly enough for non-techie users to adopt, it bodes well for |=>the Linux application market (although distro fragmentation is |=>an important concern). I still maintain that the gap between apps |=>available for Linux and Windows has widened. Apps previously |=>found only on high end Unix systems - top-of-the-line CG software |=>like Maya, SoftImage, Renderman, etc... - have now been ported over |=>to NT/2K/XP. While it hasn't happened yet, it's not hard to imagine |=>seeing them on Linux soon (but I'll be doggoned if they come |=>for free!!). And while I haven't used it yet, it seems that |=>Borland's Kylix (now at version 2) is something that Linux fans |=>should applaud about (GNOME fan-atics might purse their lips a |=>little though). Shrek was rendered by Maya running on Linux. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
