> > >Thus, once again, Linux has more catching up to do. I have > >no reason to see why Linux should not be able to catch up > >given time. But will it OVERTAKE Windoze in these areas? Now > >THAT is an interesting question. > i have to admit this is quite true.
but, let me add some details to the previous posters points. > What areas are you talking about? Linux is fast catching up in > the PDA world. linux is already beginning to dominate in the PDA world. vendors are moving their gear away from winCE and PalmOS to linux platforms such as QPE and others. > Microsoft is catching up with J2EE with its .Net. Microsoft is > catching up with Java. hehehe. this reminds me of M$ marketing of the .NET platform. i am doing a JSP/Servlet/XML/SSL/i18n project and J2EE provides me with all the tools i need for free. this has been the case since the time it was released (2 years ago?) .NET definitely has some catching up to do. > Microsoft is catching up in the mobile phone world as well. > Qualcomm still domintates this since it controls the standards. but, the J2ME (mobile edition) is also fast becoming an open standard for mobile applications. > > Yes, thanks to Microsoft's monopoly and not much for its innovation. > > >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!!). ha! what an uninformed statement. you should check out the box office and you will realize that the latest CG movies such as final fantasy, bugs life and others have been rendered using linux farms. here is some reading material. abiet it is quite dated. i have been following the CG world because i find it interesting and a lot has changed since then. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/01/linux_hollywood/ btw, i personally use povray to render some nice CG animations clips. hehehe. i use a beowulf cluster and MPI-Povray and they are all free software. > > 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). > Kylix must be applauded. but, of course not just kylix. i presented a developers overview of linux before and there are other tools that are WYSIWYG. qt-designer -> comes with qt libraries and is a part of linux distributions already. this helps users generated WYSIWYG applications that use the qt libs (whose code is cross platform and can be used to compile qt apps for windows and enbedded environments) kdevelop -> uses qt-designers as it WYSIWYG tool but kdevelop contains other stuff like the GNU toolchain generation automation and a decent IDE glade -> WYSIWYG tool for gtk libraries. can also be used with kdevelop. there are also other tools out there in the wild but there are the tools that come highly recommended. btw, follow students and researchers at MIT (boston) recommend kdevelop for their development needs. > >you don't hear me doing it now doesn't mean I haven't done > >so) on the Linux side because it's free software. But that > >doesn't mean that I have to blind myself to the advantages of > >using Windows. Also, the attitude of Linux bigots can really > >turn off or scare non-techies who are considering the switch > >(it's as if Linux users were a cult). > i really appologize for the reactions you are getting from this list. but, it really is expected from an advocacy and users group list. sorry. i will try to keep my posts on technical points only and thus avoid senseless flames. to my fellow PLUGgers: the way we handle this situation reflects on us. therefore, we must be civil and try to answer his point with technological fact only and try to limit opinions. but, i am not stopping anybody from doing anything. this is just a recommendation. $0.02 from a minion of torvalds -------------------------------------- William Emmanuel S. Yu Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) email : wyy at admu dot edu dot ph web : http://CNG.ateneo.net/wyu/ phone : 63(2)4266001-4186 GPG : http://CNG.ateneo.net/wyu/wyy.pgp War spares not the brave, but the cowardly. -- Anacreon
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