Tim Kynerd wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jose Mirles wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Kreps"
To: ; Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Linux vs Windows 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.)
Well, I like Linux as much as the next person, but MS Office simply blows away Open Office, Star Office and Applix. While I agree that it is overkill for most, the fact is that MS Office has what you want when you need it.
I can't agree with this. I work part-time writing and editing documentation in a Windows environment, and Office's facilities for outputting in HTML suck the big one. (Sorry, there's JUST no other way to put it.) We have a new full-timer working on documentation who's more experienced than I am, and both of us are pushing for a move to purely open-source tools that support a variety of standards and output formats, not the broken HTML that Word outputs.
So for us, MS Office certainly does *not* have "what [we] want when [we] need it."
Well one can argue that for HTML use FrontPage which comes with the MS Office suite and not a wordprocessor. I mean, I would not write a memo with an HTML editor. Again, I am simply saying that in some areas Linux is lacking. Linux has some great features. Heck, it is what I use, but really, saying that HTML in WORD sucks so Office sucks is not very bright. (Sorry, there's JUST no other way to out it.) Use the right tool for the right job. But read my entire message. I state over and over again, you will use whatever is pleasing to you. I don't particularly like MS Office. It is too much. Once Hanscom comes out with version 2 of their office suite, I'll buy it. Their current version is a Windows product wrapped in Wine. It is a very nice product, but feels somewhat unholy.