From:  "Jazlinn's Sugir" <Sugir@sbcglobal.net>
Date:  16 Jan 2005 02:07:43 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/alt.support.srs
Subject:  

Re: IT :)

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"Amanda Angelika"  wrote in message news:34sv9sF4bh3ssU1@individual.net...
> In news:41e8ed5b$1_4@alt.athenanews.com,
> Jazlinn's Sugir  typed:
>
>> The HTTP links were broken (my firewall, perhaps).
>>
>> The FTP links lead to folders where there were several
>> options and I would have had to read something.
>>
>> When I found the OpenOffice connection I lost interest.
>>
>> Linux Desktop won't /happen/ until there is a lot more, IMO.
>
> There is a lot more, Linux can provide a second OS, a whole ton of free Open
> Source software and you can still run Windows on the same computer (albeit
> not simultaneously).
>
> I can't see any valid arguments against using a second OS which is provided
> perfectly free, takes up very little Harddisk space (Knoppix runs off a CD
> rom) and doesn't affect the running of Windows. Linux can substantially
> increases your options, the versatility of your system and extend your
> experience.
>
> Linux can expand the mind with no evil after-effects. It's only real
> disadvantge is it doesn't come in tablet form :)

But I've already indicated that for me, the speech recognition
would be inadequate (not to mention I'd have to change my code drastically).
Development environments on Linux are junk in comparison to VisStudio,
and there isn't any real market if I wrote a program to sell.

Why bother?

..just to be linux-friendly?

But good luck to you with it.  :)

Sugir


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