On 12/06/2008 00:54, jonathon wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
very idea that such a thing is needed proves beyond reasonable doubt that Linux
isn't ready for the real world.
Alternatively, it is proof that FLOSS is better equipped at providing
solutions --- both short term and long term --- than proprietary
software is able to do.
Huh??? How can the existence of an emulator [or is it a simulator?
Please, let's not go there] for Windows prove that Windows is less well
equipped to provide solutions? It's the very fact that Windows has a
solution and Linux doesn't in sooooo many cases that makes an emulator
necessary. It's clearly cheaper to write an emulator than to re-write
all the software that exists on Windows but doesn't on Linux. But
ultimately, by relying on WINE you end up with Linux being dependent on
Microsoft for solutions. Is that what you want?
The thing that really might help Linux's cause is new machines like the
Asus Eee PC and the Elonex ONE (and several others) that are miniature
laptops with Linux and some mass market applications pre-installed.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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