Al salaam a'alaykum Bob

18 Jan 04 10:59, Bob Breed wrote to Tom Walker:

 TW>> I thin kmuch of the Hype about Linux is just Sour Grapes and as they
 TW>> say "Misery Loves Company". So they hype it up and
Sucker others in 
 TW>> to joining giving them soemoen ot Laugh at or somethoing. I really 
 TW>> don't know. BUt it is really a very poorly designed Operating System 
 TW>> for the "Average" HOME user.

 BB> I agree. :)  I've tried Knoppix and a older version of Red Hat, both 
 BB> suck big time.

 BB> I believe that Lx has a place and that place is for those who want to 
 BB> build a system around the Kernal - a tightly focused thing and you can 
 BB> probably make a very lean machine that way.

 BB> But as far as 'run out of the box' thing forget it!   Mounting and 
 BB> unmounting things is pain in the ass and if Windows had you doing 
 BB> that the Lx dudes would be laughing their ass off.

 BB> Lx is making a move in the business world, that's for sure - but 
 BB> again it fits the above.  Tightly focused machines to do one thing well.

 BB> My only reason to play with it at all was to see if I could do 
 BB> something for my son who runs a small plastics company.  His heart and 
 BB> soul are tied to "Peachtree' as it does all his inventory,
books, mailing 
 BB> labels etc.  No app even close out there in Lx world.

 BB> Windows 98SE blows it away across the board.   Easy to use, tons of 
 BB> apps, tons of drivers, and a few warts that you can stay away from by 
 BB> using Mozilla firebird as a browser and Eudora as mail client.

I would suggest that you're not part of Linux's target market.

No biggie - not all things are aimed at all people (even if Bill thinks otherwise).

Regards,
David

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