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Weblog:   A Windows Die-Hard Confronts Linux
Subject:   I can't believe!
Date:   2004-07-21 19:38:06
From:   RichieOR
Response to: I can't believe!

Nice effort ULTIMATE TRUTH guy. But you kind of blew yourself out of the water with the last line of the body. Firstly Windows is the OS almost like MacOS X. Yes I am sure someone is going to complain. But the truth is that all desktops with small variations are 90% Xerox stuff with nice pictures. Added to which from a ease of use and intuitiveness aspect this user must accept that the Mac's UI leads the way, especially for new users. I don't have a mac as I can't afford the huge price, but they are the leaders in UI as for the Linux options, they are behind the 8 ball so to speak. There saving grace is they are developing faster and so have great potential.
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  • I can't believe!
    2004-07-21 20:09:09  AndyALS [Reply | View]

    I think your reply had sense, but I must to tell you, that when I compared Windows and Mac OS X in a desktop arena, I am not pointed to the UI, but as an overall desktop systems, measured what can you do on both platform, what powerful professional desktop applications you have etc. (like Adobe, Corel, AutoCAD, Macromedia, Discreet… etc. The only usable desktop applications for Linux are varieties of office suites and some rare stuff like Maya, but you must admit, that those suites are much less powerful than MS Office 2003.
    Anyway Linux is a GREAT platform (especially for server roles), so as Windows are, and I think we can and have to use both platforms in relation to the best possible solution for a given problem.
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