John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > "Tim Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> >> Part of their behavior really escape me. The whole thing > >> >> about browser wars confuses me. Web browsers represent a zero > >> >> billion dollar a year market. Why would you risk anything to > >> >> own it? > >> > > >> > It really isn't that hard to understand that web-based > >> > applications that work in any browser on any OS threaten to > >> > make it irrelevent what OS you're running. > >> > >> And it's even easier to understand that your statement is > >> nonsense. > >> > >> It doesn't matter which Linux distribution you pick, all use the > >> Linux kernel. On all I can run OpenOffice, and get the same > >> results. Yet people seem to prefer one distribution over one > >> other. > > > > He was talking about the browser war, and gave a pretty good > > reason why it was important. So you respond by pointing out that > > people choose a linux distribution for personal (non-technical, > > non-marketing) reasons. I think I missed the connection. > > web based applications that work with any browser make OS irrelevant > -> not true, since for OpenOffice it doesn't matter which Linux > distribution one runs (or even if it's Linux), yet people seem to > make a point of which distribution they use.
A linux distribution isn't an OS, it's a distribution, so I'm not sure what your point here is. In fact, there are lots of Microsoft-centric web pages that don't work well when accessed from a linux system. ActiveX, MS Java, etc. > >> > MS has a strong interest in making sure it's important > >> > to be running on one of their OSes. > >> > >> Maybe *they* do have a point :-). > > > > Which is? > > That it *does* matter. It doesn't matter which brand makes your > graphics card, since most stick close to the reference design of the > GPU chip supplier, yet people take the brand in consideration when > they buy. I don't think that's true, at least not yet. I recently bought a Compaq Presario, which came with XP installed. I wiped the disk and installed Linux, only to find that the hardware would only work under XP. So I then had to install network, video, sound etc cards to get it working. joe -- Gort, klatu barada nikto -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
