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DanS wrote:
> "BRUCE STARINSKI" wrote in
> news:hbnquj$m90$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>
>
>> Those who criticize windows have one strong argument in common,
>> security flaws and virus threats. Do you ever think that a virus
>> writer or hacker will get what he wanted from writing program for
>> Linux? He wants to see his virus on the news, to cause lot of damage,
>> for people to talk about it. To achieve this he has to write a virus
>> for an operating system which is widely used, which is windows.
>
> So writing *another* virus for Windows that may become mildly successful
> is more desirable and more noteworthy than being the first to write a
> successful one for Linux that gets released into the wild, lives , and
> multiplies, and becomes some type of problem ?
>
> I'd think being the first would be much more impressive than to be the
> thousandth.
>
>
>
>
>> Let's look at fundamental issues of Open Source software
>>
>> 1. Bad User Interface Design-
>> If you have ever used Linux you'll experience the troubles that you
>> might go through unless you have some good knowledge in computers. The
>> problems with open source programming I s that they only think about
>> programming but not about user friendliness or the interface.
>
> Incorrect.
>
>> Ubuntu tries to copy windows XP,
>
> This means absolutely nothing. A window based GUI is a windows based GUI.
> There are 4 main 'desktops' available for Linux and they all offer many
> of the same features, and each has their own features as well.
>
>> but still need lots of improvements
>> in other areas.
>>
>>
>> 2. Bad Documentation-Most of
>> the time the documentation is written in a way that only experts can
>> understand. When you use open source software, if you encounter even a
>> simple problem, you may have to read through 100 of documents and user
>> forum until you find a solution.
>
> This may be true. But who reads documentation.
>
>> I installed Ubuntu once and internet
>> was not working, it took me one week to find the solution, many would
>> have already given up.
>
> You'd admit to that ?
>
>> 3. Give us what they want- This
>> is the main disadvantage of open source software projects. Can we play
>> video games in Linux or Ubuntu? Ask this question from an Open Source
>> guy, he will immediately answer "We don't play games".
>
> Ask another one and he may answer differently. I would answer that there
> are some games available (and I'm not talking lame games like 2d
> anything) but many of the windows games will play under WINE. I'd then
> relate my personal experience that when I installed and ran Quake3 under
> WINE, it actually ran better under WINE than running as native binaries
> in Windows. Many games function properly under WINE.
>
>> 4. Slow development rate- Since
>> so many developers may join and leave the project, it may take a lot
>> of time for a new guy to join the ongoing project and contribute
>> efficiently. This may have a huge impact on the future of the project.
>> There are millions of lines of coding it could break down on its own
>> weight. ( Check the speed of windows XP vs Red Hat Linux)
>
> Duh. Any new person coming into a project, commercial or not, will have
> to spend time getting up to speed.
Using logic and reason with these guys is a futile endeavor.
Alias
> "BRUCE STARINSKI" wrote in
> news:hbnquj$m90$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>
>
>> Those who criticize windows have one strong argument in common,
>> security flaws and virus threats. Do you ever think that a virus
>> writer or hacker will get what he wanted from writing program for
>> Linux? He wants to see his virus on the news, to cause lot of damage,
>> for people to talk about it. To achieve this he has to write a virus
>> for an operating system which is widely used, which is windows.
>
> So writing *another* virus for Windows that may become mildly successful
> is more desirable and more noteworthy than being the first to write a
> successful one for Linux that gets released into the wild, lives , and
> multiplies, and becomes some type of problem ?
>
> I'd think being the first would be much more impressive than to be the
> thousandth.
>
>
>
>
>> Let's look at fundamental issues of Open Source software
>>
>> 1. Bad User Interface Design-
>> If you have ever used Linux you'll experience the troubles that you
>> might go through unless you have some good knowledge in computers. The
>> problems with open source programming I s that they only think about
>> programming but not about user friendliness or the interface.
>
> Incorrect.
>
>> Ubuntu tries to copy windows XP,
>
> This means absolutely nothing. A window based GUI is a windows based GUI.
> There are 4 main 'desktops' available for Linux and they all offer many
> of the same features, and each has their own features as well.
>
>> but still need lots of improvements
>> in other areas.
>>
>>
>> 2. Bad Documentation-Most of
>> the time the documentation is written in a way that only experts can
>> understand. When you use open source software, if you encounter even a
>> simple problem, you may have to read through 100 of documents and user
>> forum until you find a solution.
>
> This may be true. But who reads documentation.
>
>> I installed Ubuntu once and internet
>> was not working, it took me one week to find the solution, many would
>> have already given up.
>
> You'd admit to that ?
>
>> 3. Give us what they want- This
>> is the main disadvantage of open source software projects. Can we play
>> video games in Linux or Ubuntu? Ask this question from an Open Source
>> guy, he will immediately answer "We don't play games".
>
> Ask another one and he may answer differently. I would answer that there
> are some games available (and I'm not talking lame games like 2d
> anything) but many of the windows games will play under WINE. I'd then
> relate my personal experience that when I installed and ran Quake3 under
> WINE, it actually ran better under WINE than running as native binaries
> in Windows. Many games function properly under WINE.
>
>> 4. Slow development rate- Since
>> so many developers may join and leave the project, it may take a lot
>> of time for a new guy to join the ongoing project and contribute
>> efficiently. This may have a huge impact on the future of the project.
>> There are millions of lines of coding it could break down on its own
>> weight. ( Check the speed of windows XP vs Red Hat Linux)
>
> Duh. Any new person coming into a project, commercial or not, will have
> to spend time getting up to speed.
Using logic and reason with these guys is a futile endeavor.
Alias