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Re: [SLE] Ksnapshot
- From: Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:47:34 -0400
- Message-id: <200406302347.34910.dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 22:43, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [06-30-04 21:29]:
> > Holy smoke, is this slow. I asked it to print 5 minutes ago, and still
> > have
>
> ...
>
> > OK, 10 minutes, and it printed the whole screen, not just the region.
> > Oy,
>
> ...
>
> > There's an ap for Windows called Snap32.exe that does these things and
>
> So you are bad-mouthing linux and promoting a proprietary costly
> system vs something you got for free. Making friends....
>
> And what exactly is your question, or is it just your time of the month?
> --
> Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
> http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
/rant/
I guess his name should be yahoo, not wahoo, but somebody took that already.
I did not get SuSE Linux for free, I paid something like $70 for it. I
would like it to work just about as well as its hated competitor. I am NOT
bad-mouthing Linux, I am trying to live with it, and SOMEDAY be able to use
it exclusively. That day is obviously not here. I hope that it will be.
So far there have been numerous complaints on this list that people can't use
various resources on their machines--usb connections, DVD recorders,
ordinary write-to-floppy (me), scanner software that doesn't work (me), and
God knows what else. I have supported the Linux "movement" since the mid
1990's with my hard-earned dollars. I have never downloaded a freebie. For
all this, I think I deserve some results.
In all fairness, there have been many. But it is NOT ready for the desktop,
unfortunately, even tho I'm trying to use it that way.
And Mr. Shanahan seems to think that it is a sin to pay money for a program
that works. I suppose he d/l's all his Linux vers from the net for nothing.
I, on the other hand, have no compunction against sending some programmer a
fair price for a good program that works. Or even to send a big company like
Corel or Borland some bucks for a program I need. Linux is NOT free beer.
I think most of us know that.
/rant off/
--doug
> * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [06-30-04 21:29]:
> > Holy smoke, is this slow. I asked it to print 5 minutes ago, and still
> > have
>
> ...
>
> > OK, 10 minutes, and it printed the whole screen, not just the region.
> > Oy,
>
> ...
>
> > There's an ap for Windows called Snap32.exe that does these things and
>
> So you are bad-mouthing linux and promoting a proprietary costly
> system vs something you got for free. Making friends....
>
> And what exactly is your question, or is it just your time of the month?
> --
> Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
> http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
/rant/
I guess his name should be yahoo, not wahoo, but somebody took that already.
I did not get SuSE Linux for free, I paid something like $70 for it. I
would like it to work just about as well as its hated competitor. I am NOT
bad-mouthing Linux, I am trying to live with it, and SOMEDAY be able to use
it exclusively. That day is obviously not here. I hope that it will be.
So far there have been numerous complaints on this list that people can't use
various resources on their machines--usb connections, DVD recorders,
ordinary write-to-floppy (me), scanner software that doesn't work (me), and
God knows what else. I have supported the Linux "movement" since the mid
1990's with my hard-earned dollars. I have never downloaded a freebie. For
all this, I think I deserve some results.
In all fairness, there have been many. But it is NOT ready for the desktop,
unfortunately, even tho I'm trying to use it that way.
And Mr. Shanahan seems to think that it is a sin to pay money for a program
that works. I suppose he d/l's all his Linux vers from the net for nothing.
I, on the other hand, have no compunction against sending some programmer a
fair price for a good program that works. Or even to send a big company like
Corel or Borland some bucks for a program I need. Linux is NOT free beer.
I think most of us know that.
/rant off/
--doug
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