Atomic On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 17:26 -0700, At0mic wrote:
> Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: > > > > Looks like we have an M$ fanboy. Perhaps U should try some of those > > opensource recommendations first and see if they don't perform before > > taking a side > > > See, this is what I don't like about the open-source community. If I express > an opinion that suggests things are NOT completely 100% great about > open-source software and that maybe, just MAYBE, Microsoft knows what > they're doing with regards to software at times, I'm labelled a fanboy. > > Jesus fucking Christ look at your self. Microsoft DO make good products at > times. If you keep your blinders on and don't accept some people LIKE using > something such as Windows 7 for example, open-source software will never > compete. I don't understand why I'm now the enemy for not following the > religious fevor of some zealots. I personally (emphasis personally) prefer and promote FLOSS/Linux when appropriate. However there are situations where Windows applications are better particularly in gaming and some cad/cam software. My objections to Windows is it is relatively slow compared to many Linux distros (I have dual boot system). Also, for me, almost everything I do can be done easily in Linux. But not everyone is a position to were this is true. However, this does not mean that software is automatically bad because MS produced it. Many of the legacy problems in Windows actually can be traced back to IBM blundering when they introduced the PC in 1981. IBM was set to release the PC and did not have an OS, so they asked MS to provide one on short notice. MS located, licensed, and later bought the rights to DOS. Backward compatibility means that some poor design decisions in the original DOS are lingering in Windows to this day. If anyone really wants to point fingers about Windows, ask IBM how they planned for users to use a computer without an OS, I have often wonder about this. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
