Re: The future of Linux
From: Trent Buck (trentbuck_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/04/05
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Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 23:06:41 GMT
Spake Mxsmanic:
>> To me, Linux is a good OS. It provides 99% of what I need and is way
>> quicker to install (windows itself is fine, but than you need to get
>> and install everything else you want). Most important: it is free.
>> It is highly dubious to have one compagny in control of the complete
>> IT infrastructure. It is simply too important for that!
>
> You still leave one question unanswered: If a person has all the
> applications he requires running smoothly on Windows, why should he care
> about Linux?
Well, I use Linux for the converse reason. Neither Windows nor OS X
run the applications I need most (about 80% Emacs and 20% miscellaneous
utilities). True, you can get Windows or OS X versions of most of
those applications, but they are ``second-rate'' whencompared to
the Linux version.
The fact that I can leverage Open Source and the community that
surrounds it to get fixes and extensions that are important to ME is a
significant factor, but not a decisive one.
This is my own view, I'm not saying it's right for everyone.
-- Trent Buck, Student Errant
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