Re: why open source software is better

[Aaron Kulkis]

Craven Moorehead wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:04:26 +0000, "Edward Rosten" <look@my.sig>
> wrote:
> 
> >>>The really bad thing about Windows is that it is poorly written and
> >>>crash happy (at least the version I bought (ie 95)). I still have it
> >>>installed, but never run it.
> >>
> >> What was Linux like in '95. crude crude crude.
> >
> >I don't know. I got in to it in 1998.
> 
> Well if you started using computers recently then Linux may be just
> the shot if you don't need to use common commercial and consumer
> software.
> 
> But I have been using MS products since 1982 and they have always
> served me well.
> 
> >> Well ....you can say the same thing now :)
> >
> >Compared to what. For what I want, windows is crude.
> 
> Windows 2000 is crude ? In what way ? Not in the interface, not in the
> applications and not in it's capabilities.

It's crudesness ESPECIALLY in its capabilities.


> 
> I have used various Unixs and Linux, for the desktop, they are
> unbelievably crude, sure they are good servers.. I don't need an OS
> that lasts a year between reboots, that is all Linux has got going for
> it (apart from being free) for the desktop.
> 
> Craven

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