>> Which of those two sounds easier?<< When you put it this way...Linux rocks! <g>
First, I appreciate your FUD stoppage. I greatly dislike it too. You seriously had me at "I have no interest in convincing you." But then you tried. And honestly, I liked your simplified example and get the point you are trying to make. But it is the wrong example if one is going to convince someone that Linux rocks. Here is why: what serious professional app designed for the masses is not going to have a simple installer that steps you through a couple of simple steps to get the app on the machine? This is not an OS thing, it is a software vendor thing. Google Thunderbird, click Feeling Lucky button, download, run installer. Took me exactly 20 seconds and is something even my mom could have done on Windows and she rarely loads applications. No searching/finding the downloaded file (FireFox provides me a list of the downloads when I click in the download link). Unzip? Unzip what? You should have at least picked an app that followed the pain you described. This feature you described in Linux sounds cool. Will Fedora and Ubuntu automatically know about a custom app I develop, and where to download it? Sounds like a sophisticated OS updater, but generically open to all applications, or close to InstallShield's Update Manager with search capability. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/01f801c9d5c0$7a47e920$6ed7bb...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
