Recently Franko asked about applications for the Linux environment and whilst this forwarded message from the linuxsa mailing list (The Linux users group in South Australia) isn't specific, it does say something that I thought would contribute something of interest to this group. Tique Bennett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 8 Oct 98 10:05:27 CST From: Bruce Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The reason Unix continues to perform so badly in the desktop market, >despite >being technically superior to Windows, is that Unix lacks applications. >When >a company seriously wants to redress that lack it behooves all of us to >give >them our encouragement. >Remember: we might have God on our side, but Microsoft has applications >on >their's. This can't go unanswered... This is the big myth that holds us back. Linux is very applications rich indeed. Go have a look. We have available to us any number of office-like systems, both free and non-free (though the non-free ones are incredibly cheap.) We have lists miles long of applications of all sorts. Have a look at freshmeat, the KDE site, or just plain do a search. Maybe we don't have a wealth of *CAD* applications, but it is drawing a long bow to extrapolate from that statement that unix is applications poor. If you are seriously looking for applications to run under Linux and are having trouble finding them, ask in this forum and maybe we can help you find some :) For my part I use my Linux box as a desktop for my family plus running the books for a small superannuation fund and a small organisation. It completely fills the desktop need for me, for both business and family uses. Cheers, Bruce Moffatt -- Check out the LinuxSA web pages at http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the subject ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail -- Check out the LinuxSA web pages at http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the subject ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
