Re: Talk to your frTalk your friend into switching to Linux(Re:)

[gmgraves@slip.net (George Graves)]

In article <6k4cvb$283$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, r.e.ballard@usa.net wrote:


> Linux has really only been a good "Workstation" since 1997 (Red Hat 4.0)
> but it has been rapidly evolving into a very sophisticated workstation.
> When equipped with Red Hat 5.0 or Caldera 1.2 and Communicator 4.0 and
> an Office Suite from Corel, Applix, or StarOffice, you end up with a very
> sweet machine for a very reasonable price.

Bullshit. You end up with a very techy, very geeky OS that makes the user
jump back through his own rectum in order to perform even the simplest 
task. You get an OS with almost NO software available for it and that which 
is available is VERY primitive (StarOffice, for example). If one is already a 
"Unixmeister", its probabaly fine. If one is not, its a nightmare. Whichever 
you are, your computer needs have to be pretty simple in terms of 
functionality, because most software categories simply are not represented.


George Graves