[plug] Re: Windows - a rant

[Garry]

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| I'd have to agree with you on all but 1 point.  As one who has only
| recently (weeks ago) moved over to Linux from OS/2 (now also released as
| eCS) I see that there is no doubt at all that Linux is still not ready
| for the great unwashed.  Still far too shrouded in jargon and esoteric
| commands and file names etc.  OS/2 is what Wintendo and Linux want to be
| when they grow up.

Jargon and esoteric commands become language and tools once you have
used them for a while.. I find the thought of registry hacking or "DLL
Hell" chilling,   but I love Vim. *shrug*


| If, as some rumours have suggested, IBM IS porting the "Work Place
| Shell" (from OS/2) over to Linux, then you will see the greatest OS to
| hit the planet in recorded history (so far).
|

The term "uncontrolled hyperbole" comes to mind here... 8^)==


Why not recreate "Work Place Shell" in Linux yourself? I've never used
OS/2 (saw the Warp box in a shop once), but if it is that good it sounds
well worth doing... And there lies the beauty of Open Source. If you
genuinly believe in a feature you can implement it yourself -now or
after studying- or pay someone else to. The tools are there. May the
source be with you.

The idea of starting an OS/2 OS debate with someone who has recently
abandoned it is ridiculous...

Anyway, this is waaaayyyy off topic.. Sorry to the topic nazis.

8^)==

Garry

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Funny thing, political correctness.



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