On Monday 12 November 2001 18:46, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
On 13 Nov 2001, Gert-Jan Rodenburg wrote:
As for workstation comparisons: you won't find any, I don't think. Linux software is extremely limited and most would say it can't really compete. That is, unless all your apps have adequate Linux equivalents.
*Grin* I feel a Holy War coming on.....
Yes, I already felt the heat when posting the message. I specifically didn't specify myself as holding those opinions (e.g. "most would say...").
I do, however, feel I am correct when I say that Linux workstation software is limited. It's almost a fact.
Really? In what way? I've been using Linux (SuSE) exclusively for almost two years. At work I have to use W2K. I find my SuSE box at home more liberating and useful than the W2K, and certainly more stable. It can't be on office suites. I have several good ones and two excellent ones to choose from in Linux and essentially only one choice in WinXX. (Software 602 can't really count because it doesn't behave like Office. That's the problem when one says that LInux office packages don't count because they aren't like or compatible with Office - it eliminates all office packages on any platform.) It can't be graphics. Gimp or Blender, to say nothing of Maya, is as good as they get. Krayon will get there. What's ya got it windows beyond Photoshop? Paint? :) It can't be accounting software. MoneyDance is as useful as Quicken for home use. GNUCash will do small businesses fine. Then there a dozen BIG5 packages. It can't be math or science. With MuPAD, or Maple, or Mathmatica available in Linux what does WinXX offer that's any better. Can't be MathCad - that uses the Maple engine. At can't be audio tools. Linux has it in aces there. Flight simulator? Flight Gear does nicely. Microsoft attacked and nearly destroyed Street Atlas. It is attacking RealPlayer and QuickTime by rolling its video offerings into the kernel. Same with Netplayer, ICQ, etc... In fact, in its greed Microsoft is destroying most of its formerly dynamic 3rd party markets. They keep that up and Microsurfs will have EXTREMELY LIMITED choices in software - Bill's way or the highway. "It's almost a fact" only counts in hand gernades. Jerry
We have all seen Samba and Apache benchmarks, but a desktop workstation comparison... Windows would win _completely_, especially with Windows 2000.
What do you think?