If you want to hash it out, let's do it off-list. It's current, though as a
general issue it's probably classic as well.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: RE: APPLEVISION Monitor, Anything !Windows = Cryptic ?
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
>
> > However, I'm not
> > so sure it's as trouble free when you want to use a single
> > machine to do a
> > multitude of widely varying things.
>
> I find that very funny. I'm not going to argue with it right
> now, though I don't agree, of course. It's amusing, though,
> since it's the same argument that I often offer against windows.
>
> :)
>
> > What? Where's there a Windows emulator for Linux that runs
> > MSOFFICE? Will,
> > it at least, run CorelDRAW? How about the Xilinx Foundation
>
> Years ago, I used to run CorelDRAW under wine -- this was before
> windows 95, so it was the 3.1 version of CorelDRAW. It also ran
> M$ works. I would be surprised if it didn't run some recent
> version of office or Corel's suite.
>
> > software, or
> > ALtera's Maxplus-II?
>
> Not sure about those.
>
> > Why don't more people use it then? Is it because, unlike
>
> Because they use windows instead -- the majority of them. If
> they were used to using linux, and if linux had all of the
> marketing momentum that windows had, they'd use it instead,
> or if the Grundey corporation had given GrundeyOS the proper
> marketing at the right time, they'd use that.
>
> People use what you hand them. I'm not convinced that
> popularity can be any indicator of quality. You only need
> look at the high-quality products in any given market segment
> to see that.
>
> Chris
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
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