Rick Schummer wrote: > Ed, > > Once again you play both sides of a smackdown. You call out Al for his > alleged Linux bigotry (or as > I see it, maybe his preference for Windows) and then you play on my > preference for Vista in a Vista > like vs. dislike discussion. Shame on you, but I am accustom to your "fun", > just like you answer > serious VFP questions with useless "how it is done with Dabo answers". > > If you want a list of things people don't like about Linux, just ask. I have > two primary ones as you > well know: > > 1) Does not natively run the most basic apps I use every single day. (and no, > I am not letting my > life be run in a virtual machine where life is sloooow). This is known as a > solid, unemotional > business decision. > Reminds me of :
4) Some apps no longer work: my biggest gripe is SQL Server 2000 won't even load and I have lots of customers using it. and : to succeed with this OS you have to go with the new flow and not fight the OS and try to make it work like Windows So just learn to use new tools! They forced you to learn .Net when they said they were closing the Fox shop. Didn't they? So tell me, how hard can it be to you to learn and use some new apps. Maybe the apps you use every day can't be found in linux, but you can certainly find apps that provide the same services. And THIS is a "solid, unemotional business decision". > 2) Incompatibility possibilities based on too many different distros running > potential vertical > market applications. This is a technical problem that I need to solve. Not > impossible, just > overwhelming when I have so much work to do these days. And yes, almost the > same as the different > flavors of Windows, but I for the most part have that problem under control. > No need to go on about > choice is good/bad, just a fact of life. > If you apply the same energy you applied to having the w$ flavors under control then you wouldn't have that problem. Please don't get me wrong. I've left linux a couple of times for w$, so I'm not going to say linux is the best since sliced bread. But I hate it when people give emotional biased reasons for a decision, I'd rather you say "Just 'cause I don't want to" _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
