[plug] Microsoft Exec: Linux No Threat To Windows On Desktop

[Michael]

Normally I'd stay away from bait like this, but I can appreciate both
sides of the coin sometimes. OSS doesn't always work well and yes some
commercial software (regardless of platform) is better. Take Cinelerra
for example, the coders are Nazis and the software reflects this.
Premiere does a much better job in this case. Then there are OSS
projects like Xine with terrible coding (race conditions and what not,
especially shows on x86_64).

However, most OSS software is better than commercial software and
whoever says otherwise is likely biased and not knowledgeable, and I'd
say they're a twat. :)

Cheers

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 16:35 +0800, Kai Jones wrote:
> Microsoft Exec: Linux No Threat To Windows On Desktop 
> http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18960
> 0726
> 
> ...just when I thought I'd heard it all before then they print crap like
> "Most open-source code is terribly inferior to commercial software
> code", I'm no programmer but has he got his head up his arse ? OSS would
> be better than closed source because of the fundamental principle to how
> F/OSS works. Happy to be corrected on that.
> 
> The guy reckons he's been Linux desktop user for a "really long time",
> mmm, righteo, is that comment vague (eg no info about Distro's) for a
> reason ?
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