Linked by Mystilleef on Mon 29th Sep 2003 06:30 UTC
Linux will become ubiquitous in the year 3000. Okay, that was a horrible joke. Linux is just a kernel, the engine that runs an operating system. By itself, it is essentially useless. Kernels shouldn't be discussed or noticed by normal users. And as such when providing these users with reviews, previews and "professional" opinions, computer consultants, computer reviewers and computer journalists should not spew headlines like "Linux is not ready for prime time", "Linux on the desktop by XXX", "Linux to takeover Windows", "Linux is not ready for desktop" and so on.
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Pardon my non-techniess, but MSN has easy to launch checkers and head-2-head mine sweeper. It also has the best feature, most UI feature. File transfers, games are not presented to the user using in your face message boxes, but with inline text in ur chat window.
Pardon my trollness, but what background pictures, games and custom emoticons (things that probably made you switch) have to do with "ease of use", let alone with an IM client? Personally, I can't show any respect for a instant messenging program recommending a goddamn P3 (I've tried on the min req and it's unuseable). As for file transferts, I hate the way MSN handles them. The progression bar hardly tell me what's going on.
Anyway, I guess it depend on our personal preferences... I don't flame you for your choice. However, don't say that MSN is easier to use than Trillian just because it doesn't handle games. Ease of use and bloatness are two different things.