Linked by Joshua Boyles on Wed 19th May 2004 20:08 UTC
By the time Longhorn comes out I'm sure everyone will be sick of the subject "windows vs linux." Will longhorn finally destroy that pesky linux and mark another decade of Microsoft's monopoly, or will the underdog come out with a stunning upset and send a multi billion dollar company to it's grave?
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"Old hardware will be there always, but noone is going to go with Linux just because it can run on that hardware."
Hello!
(-1 generalisation and you haven't taken his argument regarding old hardware in account)
"I guess people do not realize this, but running open office on that old hardware takes resources."
Really? I'd say so too, but then again who's talking about OO.org? You just mention that, how about XFce4 for example, which the author stated? Abiword? [Because who says the other programs in OO.org are _necessary_? That's your assumption; and it isn't true for everyone that's as clear as you can get it..]
"Old hardware will be there always, but noone is going to go with Linux just because it can run on that hardware."
Hello!
(-1 generalisation and you haven't taken his argument regarding old hardware in account)
"I guess people do not realize this, but running open office on that old hardware takes resources."
Really? I'd say so too, but then again who's talking about OO.org? You just mention that, how about XFce4 for example, which the author stated? Abiword? [Because who says the other programs in OO.org are _necessary_? That's your assumption; and it isn't true for everyone that's as clear as you can get it..]