Oh come on Ed, I've been reading the 'Hate everything Microsoft' stuff from you for years. For you, it's more like open source vs. Microsoft.
One of the biggest reasons you started Dabo is because you wanted to get away from a Microsoft product and into 'open source'. Let's take a look at the rest of your application choices here: SourceSafe is the industry leader for such a product. CVS doesn't even come close. It is difficult to work with, the GUI front ends all suffer from a total lack of advancement when compared to 'paid' products. MapPoint vs. Google Earth? Google Earth is a great way of getting maps, viewing different areas and so on but with MapPoint, I can load in my own data from a wide variety of sources and make maps that are useful for my needs. Can't do that with Google Earth. In fact, MapPoint is just Microsoft's old direction software [can't remember the name] but with the ability of real statistical analysis, census information,... If there was an open source alternative, you would choose it. Doesn't matter if the open source alternative lacked the features of what it was attempting to replace or the stability. There are actually very few open source products that even come close to what is out there. For example, over the weekend, I loaded up ubuntu on a spare PC. I typically use this PC to as a print server, messing around box, and to play music while I work. On the windows side, I use applications like MediaMonkey, JetAudio, and Winamp to play music. Anything like that out there for Linux? Not even close and I have tried quite a few alternatives now. They won't play my MP3's, did find something to play my WMA's but no way of creating a playlist. Most of the interfaces look like they were developed way back in '95 and even then, most won't work at all. Some of them required that I go back to a command line to install - haven't seen that in the rest of the world for decades. And to top it off, the damn thing just locked up on me again - had to reboot. But even with that said, you would pick it over Microsoft. Open source is for the most part, so behind the rest of the world. There are only a few exception to the many failed projects or should be dropped projects. jeff fisher, MCP www.turbofish.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:20 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Linux Personas On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Jeff Fisher wrote: > Anything but Microsoft - along the lines of the Linux Aficionado. Even > though you aren't strictly Linux with your Macs, you would bend > towards > anything that didn't have Microsoft stamped on it. Hmmm... guess I stopped using Fox when Microsoft acquired it. I use the best tool for the job at hand. I used SourceSafe for years until I found CVS. I used MapPoint for years until Google Earth. I use Windows, Macs and Linux every day. But I guess to a fanboy, anyone who doesn't drink the Kool-aid must have an agenda. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
