Re: The future of Linux

From: SINNER (arcade.master_at_googlemail.net)
Date: 04/06/05

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    Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:59:00 GMT

    * chris Wrote in comp.os.linux:

    [...]

    > I certainly can! There are *no* indispensable Windows-only
    > applications.

    As much as I love Linux, that is a rediculous statement. You cant
    possibly know of every software package and every need of every user.
    There are most certainly applications available on Windows with no
    equivalent in linux and likely vice versa.

    [...] 

    -- 
David
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