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To: Dinesh who wrote (108845)	5/1/2000 2:26:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1571150

Dinesh, To your question on REDHAT's business model in your previous post to me - Pete provided a better description of REDHAT business model than I could have. < Linux with its compact kernel - bah! I need to pull out my June 1976 BSTJ to see how much Unix weighed then. Bloat is pervasive. Compare "vim" to "vi" > I agree with you that it's bloated with hundreds of utilities, games, compilers, etc., to meet varied needs of LINUX users. I view the current status of LINUX similar to Internet prior to HTML - confusing to normal users and popular only with a limited segment of professionals. Regarding REDHAT, I don't think they will ever be in a position to see their annual revenues exceeding $1B. It would have remained as a puny company as they were few years ago, without the infusion of funds from Intel, IBM, etc. I think they are still insearch of other LINUX related avenues to increase their revenues. < BTW, Is WordStar your bread-and-butter word processor ? If the answer is yes, then I end my arguments herewith. Very respectfully. > FWIW, I use only Wordpad and DOS editor to do most of my work. I rarely use MS WORD to generate any of my documents. I utilize HTML. Goutama

To: Dinesh who wrote (108845)	5/1/2000 4:39:00 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571150

Dear Dinesh: I use a very good method. I ask those that use it for day to day activities. Ask those who hate to relearn each new version that is being forced down their throats by well meaning management. Ask those on the front lines. If all you know is Win9x and Office, you may be satisfied. There are many more who have begin to fight rather than switch. This may be the long term fix for Microsoft. However, I have seen this industry from both a user and as a creator of software. Many of the practices in the creation side, sicken me. I can see the long term consequences. I do know that writing good software is difficult. So far, the quick and dirty methods seem to win. But ultimately, when the industry is more mature, these practices will be scorned by all. Would you like it when the manufacturers all decide to put the steering wheel on the other side? Would you like the standard to require that the gas pedal now be activated by pulling it to the right instead of down? That the steering wheel is pushed in to accelerate and pulled to stop? And that this is changed every two years? You would never buy a car that was built after today. This is what Microsoft does. They change simply to make a change. If it requires you to relearn it, too bad! Pete