I would respond to this, but this is DEFINITELY getting off-topic. Please take distribution/OS advocacy to chat.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 06:04:59PM -0500, David Masover wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Nicholas Sturm wrote: > | Dear > | > |>Madeline Brubaker: > | > | > | Please excuse the nuts around here that seem to be as much of a > | problem as Apple lovers once were. > > Ooh! Ooh! I smell a rant! > > Please excuse my response to being called a nut. > > | I don't particularly like some of Window's creations, but even though > | Linus "releases" are getting slowly more usable for ordinary people, > | they still do not have enough clones of the most desirable applictions > > Name some you'd miss. I'll bet money that there are "enough clones". > As sarcastic and annoyed as I sound, I'm usually a nice person, and I > promise I'll find an option that works. > > And do remember what Linus is releasing. Linus releases the kernel. > The windows equivalent can probably be found somewhere like > C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\KERNEL.DLL. Go tell me how useful for ordenary people > that file strikes you. > > Or do you mean the applications that run on top of Linux? I guess > that's a pretty safe assumption. But Linus didn't touch those, and most > run as easily on BSD, Solaris, OS X, and even Windows. > > | to make them useful to most of us that are not just playing with > | computers. > > My turn for a one-sided rant. I hope I seem a bit more informed. > > I suppose my parents are not ordinary people. Maybe my brother isn't > ordinary either. Or my boss. And yet, they all have the unusual > ability to use a Linux computer without "just playing" with it. > > Oh, and let's not forget: Apache was developed on Linux, and later > ported to Windows. Apache is the most popular web server on the planet. > ~ But I guess "ordinary people" never run their own web sites. > > What about Sendmail? Admittedly, I don't use it -- I use qmail, one of > 3 or 4 MTA options for Linux. Sendmail is, however, the most popular > MTA, period. But "ordinary people" obviously don't run mail servers. > The mere thought! > > Ooh, and let's not forget the things that have been done better. Do > "ordinary people" chat, or do instant messaging? I have gaim, a very > small, very fast program that does 4-5 different IM protocols in one > program, sharing one buddy list. > > And, of course, "ordinary people" might want to write code for pay. Or > play games. Or surf the Internet. Or send email. I can do all that on > Linux. > > And by the way, how many "ordinary people" use Freenet? > > As an honest question, what is it that you "ordinary people" can't do on > Linux? Or OS X? Or BSD? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iQIVAwUBQM4vGngHNmZLgCUhAQIahg/7BfcUvwt7PF2UwGZarxYbAz5EqTQMv5jP > FNbPJ/BJ0mKPx1RXtw51UeUIOViSzJmYg2YVZIPyVAF2NgQF+/O9rCOtfjHvinjU > +IGU+qX6iH4+rXtZGKLDW0cqiKYyoNERm3wl0kyI+/DqG8AE1pxTMqSuyeny3ssf > DvPNKCzq//GPRBZq2T9lj8d2yb55vArgsfe27onUMczsRfArhyZZpQNFu/Gz10Wq > +F7EHdUNix/3QoUuHvBJA7+wgscFQuMRt/32UdOv1N3j/mMa5F+VUAdgnwwSNLjC > BbKNJFbVS88sCQhRLQjd8Y3xcgpRdpi3L3WvAxINlXQNbzdQsGPm41kEA7Ybm3jj > CqBQz9dZ/yEFgtHPdxjuWJL6KmURB5LXfWPBrs3zaqrzccC7VeVBXPqhIFVw0jM6 > yMn0SANA686UQTLvXyZIjNINeTm9ytm+K+4lc37cDb7KG/XO/1PKnEiLDoEPtRAe > OLDgdi9vJMIb2Tt5cyZq6tRsJ9LDHq7XHJeWGFbGl3kbB7tH7pSNGNUzvYEpJumC > GGLsBpMhHzCVZ95cglXxDyfEwNUIwe9SSFHFlypoETBUKsGy17foofRj6Bz9J1Tr > rr7cmBU7A43+Y8Bkl2lPZgs00flhRZBoYCnX/JB4NhzIf/f1v6vpWTyTqNlzjWl2 > Ag0DLc0RGe4= > =rfpi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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