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To: VinWood who wrote (662)	8/17/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Nelson Chang	Respond to of 1794

>>>They don't. No one in their right mind is going to dump Windows and replace it with Redhat, except for hardcore Microsoft haters. To switch to Linux is just buying yourself a bunch of grief. The stock is just caught up in the Internet frenzy and a lot of people are going to loose a lot of money.<<< This is completely opposite of what has been posted earlier which is fine, but you don't state your reasoning for this, while the others have. And your stating that these Linux companies have been created solely for the benefit of "Microsoft haters?" Think about what you are saying for a second. What kind of answer is this??? Looking for Doug's insight, not this garbage...

To: VinWood who wrote (662)	8/17/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Eric Sandeen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1794

RE: Linux Apps You might like to take a look at these URLs to get a quick look at some Linux apps : linux.comp.nus.edu.sg linux.comp.nus.edu.sg Or, look at freshmeat.net for the whole pile, it'll take you a while to search through it all. There's a Red Hat FAQ started over on the Motley Fool boards, and I think it's quite good. If you're new to this board or this company, you might want to check it out. boards.fool.com

To: VinWood who wrote (662)	8/18/1999 8:56:00 AM
From: guerillero.de	Respond to of 1794

"Can you elaborate on Linux applications and how they fare vs. windows? They don't. No one in their right mind is going to dump Windows and replace it with Redhat, except for hardcore Microsoft haters. To switch to Linux is just buying yourself a bunch of grief." Not exactly true, IMHO. There's a bunch of office suites (word processing, spreadsheet, presentation tool etc) out there which have about the same quality and functionality as MS applications (e.g. by StarOffice, Applixware), according to some extensive test in a german computer mag (c't: wwww.heise.de - sorry, all german). The main problem by switching to these applications is the fact that MS apps are a de facto standard: when you have to exchange documents, you basically have to do it in MS office format (well, and you still have the choice of all the incompatibel versions of office95, office97 etc.). For this aspect, I agree that you could get some trouble when switching to LINUX apps. When you are working stand-alone or most of the people you are communicating with agree for some standard data exchange format, then this is not a problem. Looking at some more advanced applications (databases etc.), there is a lot out there (even public domain software) which can be compared with MS applications. From my experience (I was working for a big 6 firm for 5 years in the systems integration area), the quality of MS products is (to state it modest) not so great - people are just used to this quality level and accept it as normal. I could have avoided some of the grief I got from using MS applications, when I would have been free to switch to other platforms. This has nothing to do with being a "MS-hater", this is just an observation. To come to an end, in my opinion, most Linux applications do not have to hide from MS applications, in some cases there are even superior. On the desktop, it is just a matter of "what's the standard". All the best g.