Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 20th Dec 2002 12:41 UTC
"The Open Source community's answer is to ignore Microsoft's incredible technological lead - because it is proprietary and not a standard - and instead focusses on their own cool thing and self-gratifying cool features, because they think they can do better (which is where the ignorance combined with ego comes in)." Join the discussion at Advogato.
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Dear Lord this was a sorry article. It would have made more sense in say 95-98ish years, but certainly not now. Linux has made enormous gains in ease of use and functionality in the last 2 years unequaled in this industry. Not mention its the fastest growning OS in the server space. Add the MONO project to that and we have a VERY real threat to M$.
What I get tired of hearing is the M$ trolls that havent even used Linux recently or long enough to learn it, sit and bash linux. What a joke! In contrast, most of the linux crowd is very proficiant in windows. I run Linux, windows and Netware at home and work. I recently decided that, for gaming purposes, I was going to switch back to XP from SuSE 8.1. Well, after one day I was ready to flush XP down the toilet. I was right back into linux post haste. Other than some, not all DX gaming, I have yet to find anything windows can do as good or better than linux. All it needs now is more enterprise level application support on the desktop side of things. MONO will make this an easy reality. Crossover from Codeweavers already gives you support for M$ office, lotus notes, quickbooks, several others and soon Adobe photoshop in linux.
One other rant....wtf is up with M$ prices. For love of all that is holy! I buy and pay for my linux distributions. SuSE 7.3 pro cost me 79.99 full, then came 8.0 and 8.1 at $49.99 upgrade prices. The Pro bundle comes with single click install of just about every worthy linux app in existance (2500+ on 7cds) so I really dont have to worry about downloads etc or buying more software. Once installed I am in 100% control of my machine to do with it or set it up as I please. I recently tried to buy a legit copy of XP pro for my wifes machine (cause Home edition is a pile of crap) and M$ wants $300. $149 if youre upgrading from an older version. Then you get the added bonus of WPA and are forced to live with everything the way M$ thinks you should have it. Ok...so now that youve just spent $300 and signed your computer away to M$ what have you got? Jack S--T Now all you have is a computer with OS installed. Whats that...want to write a document or a spreadsheet....not a problem, for a mere $600 more you can get officeXP pro. M$ is one of the richest companies on earth and they still insist on raping us and continue to raise prices. Then there is graphics software, photo software, antivirus, cd burning software, etc etc. So when all is said and done, if you do it legitimately, youre looking at about $1500 to $2000 in software just to get you started. Lets not forget that next year you will get to spend at least 50% of that price all over again for upgrades to the latest versions of said software.