Dennis Soper wrote:
On 5 Mar 00, at 15:17, Keith Warno wrote:
These rants remind me of a kid I knew in college who swore on his mother that M$ "operating systems" were "superior" to _any_ variant of UNIX. His reasoning was simply that M$ "operating systems" are, well, simple.
So, this kid never had to hack the registry, did he? ;)
Or install WinXX from scratch.
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Linux is vastly more stable than Windoze, but more difficult to use. Correct? Yes, OK, so each has its strong point, on either side of that fundamental principle.
I might tend to disagree here. Windoze is easier to *learn,* but Linux seems to me to be easier to *use,* except possibly in the realm of printing (and emacs-- flame-proof suit on). RPM makes software easier to install and keep track of-- heck, even building a package from a tarball is usually easier than installing on Windoze. The user can't hose the OS without logging in as root.
Not to mention those nasty blue screens-- losing a chunk of your work because Windoze upchucks and having to recreate it isn't exactly easy.
Then there is the problem of MS, or each vendor, supplying a version of some system dll, like comcntl32.dll, and not making it backward compatable, or just flat messing it up. (Except for when M$ deliberately tries to extend or extinquish a competitor). Something always breaks. Ran into this last week. Ended up reinstalling the whole Win95 OS and all my apps. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/