2008/6/16 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>> 2008/6/12 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:>> The point is that to get
>> the job done under Linux you have to *write>> software*. People who want to
>> do address correction don't want to have to>> write software. In any
>> language. Ever. It's not their bag at all. They are>> experts in other
>> things. Would you drive a car you had to service yourself?>> Crack your own
>> oil to make the petrol ("gas")?>>> To Harold Fuchs, et al: I am surprised at
>> your attitude in regards to Linux,> There are too many programs available,
>> by developers, to make any sense of> what your statements are saying! What a
>> shame as I had thought you were more> intelligent than that! I am NOT a
>> programmer nor a developer but, thought> you would have understood what I
>> was saying more than anyone else! I am> sorely disappointed and confused at
>> your attitude in regards to this> situation, when it is obvious you have not
>> done the research and found> programs on Linux that, if not completely
>> satisfactory, at least the> beginnings of what are what is needed. I am
>> really surprised at what you are> now saying in regards to same!>
>> John, do you want to write the software for Harold? Or should
>> everyonebecome a programmer just to use Linux? You mention that you are not
>> aprogrammer, so how do _you_ deal with programs that are not availablefor
>> Linux?
>> Harold's point is that the software that _he_needs_ is unavailable
>> forLinux. Not that there is a lack of software in general, but that thereis
>> a lack of software that does what he needs.
>> Dotan Cohen
>>
>> http://what-is-what.comhttp://gibberish.co.ilא-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.Q:
>> Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>
>>
>>
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> To Dotan Cohen:,et al: I cannot write the programs for Harold Fuchs, but I
> am sure that someone can! I happen to know that they are working on Voice
> Dictation, which is sorely needed as far as I am concerned, but I was trying
> to point out that Mr. Fuchs is giving up, deliberately, instead of trying to
> find, through LinuxQuestions.org or other Linux forums, or even a particular
> distro's forum,what is being done to correct the problem. I have been trying
> to keep tabs on the Voice dictation situation, and, as soon as that is at
> least basically viable, I will disconnect my Windows computer from the
> internet and just use it to take care of mundane things, and use my Linux
> box for the internet! That is a promise!!! :-)
>Somebody already did write the software that Harold needs, and he seems rather pleased with it. So he runs the OS which the software was designed for. Harold uses the tool that was meant for the job, not the tool that fits some ideal or crusade. I encourage Harold and others to write to the toolmakers and tell them that we want their tools on our OS. Those who do not let the software writers know what OS they use have no basis for complaining when the software gets written for a different OS. Especially if there is a perceived preference for that other OS. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
