Hi Bill Jackson; This is in response to your post suggesting Linux was not suitable as a replacement for MSFT. You said: "Bilow, An excellent idea, that would solve the third world population problems instantly as we all know that linux users have no time to reproduce , as Yousef says, it takes time to edit the cryptic commends."
I was hoping that one of the people who reads this thread would respond to this misrepresentation of Linux, but it seems like they all ignored it.
If you think that the average Linux user requires "cryptic commends", then you obviously have never used a Linux box. The user interface is quite similar to Windows, and can be learned in minutes. I found it easier to learn than the move from Windows to the Macintosh operating system. (At least you don't have to put the floppy into the trash in order to get a floppy ejected...) I would guess that the average joe would need the cryptic commands about as often as the average Windows user would need DOS commands. In other words, for a computer used by a dweeb, there is no need to know what is behind the curtain.
In fact, it's been the case that Unix boxes used graphical user interfaces for at least 4 years. I'm sure they are a lot older than that, but that was the first time I can remember using one at the (defunct) LSI Logic design center in Bellevue WA.
If Linux has any real problems, it is that there is not enough software support for it yet. Only the future will tell if this will change. I think that there is a good chance it will. Take a look at RHAT.
The thing that really surprised me, was when I was recently in a computer department store, and noticed that a new game that had just come out was available in a Linux version, as well as the usual Windows one.
We do have an interesting future ahead of us, in this business...
-- Carl |
