Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16 Oct 2005 00:47:09 GMT, John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > or quoted : > >>Ok, let me spell it out for you: If all your applications are web based, >>and the OS shouldn't matter, why do Linux distributions matter? > > The point is you make your choice based on quality of the OS and > distribution, not whether it can run a given piece of software.
But some clients will work better with web based software, or make the users believe so. If this idea was correct, why aren't all browsers equal in usage and performance? Instead of quality, people seem to pick a browser based on zealotism, look and feel, how well it can be extended, or if a major player is behind it. > Web apps, Java and other multiplatform tools force OSes to compete on > quality, not on proprietary lockin. Nah, they compete on gadgets, and the ignorance of the majority of users. -- John Small Perl scripts: http://johnbokma.com/perl/ Perl programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ I ploink googlegroups.com :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
