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Has anyone stopped to realize that even here on CP, there are more and more posts about moving to Linux (or at least dabbling in it)? Has Microsoft GOTTEN a clue yet? When the developers start toying with the idea of changing to Linux, doesn't that literrally scare the hell outa Microsoft? I think it should. I posted this in a thread on another website that I frequent when someone asked what was so great about Linux:
Linux is great if you have a lot of time to spend on what amounts to re-learning how to walk upright. It's the computer equivalant of Neo escaping his pod in The Matrix. It's gonna be a bit scary, and you're just gonna stare open-mouthed at some of the crap you're seeing for the first time, but down deep, you KNOW it's better than where you were.------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature endsJohn Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Has anyone stopped to realize that even here on CP, there CPians are all tech-heads who can easily deal with installing and upgrading linux, freebsd. My point is that it doesnt really matter. Most home users I know do not talk about operating systems at all. They talk about applications. My dad talks about MSN messenger, Photoshop, and Canon Zoombrowser ( X| ). If these applications were available on Linux he would probably not even notice if I switched the home pc to linux. I think this is the state of most home users.
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Has anyone stopped to realize that even here on CP, there are more and more posts about moving to Linux (or at least dabbling in it)? Has Microsoft GOTTEN a clue yet? When the developers start toying with the idea of changing to Linux, doesn't that literrally scare the hell outa Microsoft? I think it should. I posted this in a thread on another website that I frequent when someone asked what was so great about Linux:
Linux is great if you have a lot of time to spend on what amounts to re-learning how to walk upright. It's the computer equivalant of Neo escaping his pod in The Matrix. It's gonna be a bit scary, and you're just gonna stare open-mouthed at some of the crap you're seeing for the first time, but down deep, you KNOW it's better than where you were.------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends...
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Has anyone stopped to realize that even here on CP, there are more and more posts about moving to Linux (or at least dabbling in it)? Has Microsoft GOTTEN a clue yet? When the developers start toying with the idea of changing to Linux, doesn't that literrally scare the hell outa Microsoft? I think it should. I posted this in a thread on another website that I frequent when someone asked what was so great about Linux:
Linux is great if you have a lot of time to spend on what amounts to re-learning how to walk upright. It's the computer equivalant of Neo escaping his pod in The Matrix. It's gonna be a bit scary, and you're just gonna stare open-mouthed at some of the crap you're seeing for the first time, but down deep, you KNOW it's better than where you were.------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature endsmy take on linux vs. microsoft.... i hear so much b/s on the argument. microsoft is amazing for what they have accomplished.. if it was so easy, why havent you written an o/s that replaces microsofts. its not microsoft monopoly that keeps us working with microsoft, its that nothing is better for multimedia rich data processing / manipulation, or user-friendliness within a production environment than windows. but... linux is too amazing for what it has accomplished. A savvy linux users can cut so much overhead outta their o/s that bar none, it can be speedier than windows on many internet / networking related tasks. this is great to some of us , but of no concern to our general computer user who just want some net access /run games. Microsoft has much more support / functionallity built in to support say video / audio manipulation... whereas linux is better if you want a thin o/s , and FULL control over the movement of data within your o/s. they both have their place and work well together, and niether will replace the other in any near future (or at least a few year)... todo.... :: insert inpirational text here ::
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Has anyone stopped to realize that even here on CP, there are more and more posts about moving to Linux (or at least dabbling in it)? Has Microsoft GOTTEN a clue yet? When the developers start toying with the idea of changing to Linux, doesn't that literrally scare the hell outa Microsoft? I think it should. I posted this in a thread on another website that I frequent when someone asked what was so great about Linux:
Linux is great if you have a lot of time to spend on what amounts to re-learning how to walk upright. It's the computer equivalant of Neo escaping his pod in The Matrix. It's gonna be a bit scary, and you're just gonna stare open-mouthed at some of the crap you're seeing for the first time, but down deep, you KNOW it's better than where you were.------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature endsI think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
>If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, >I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on >the desktop) that much faster. And why's would they suddenly decide to do that? Most of us programmers will only switch if our customers demand Linux versions of our Windows apps. I don't have the time to p*ss about with Linux in my spare time let alone consider porting any of my existing apps "for fun" - and porting massive MFC apps isn't going to be easy - it's going to be expensive, time-consuming and probably frustrating if Linux dev tools are as bad as I hear. Unless their is a commercial need for it, it won't happen. Personally, I expect more and more of our customers *will* try desktop Linux in the coming years, but *if* they don't then here's one programmer that will be sticking with MS! If a customer is willing to pay big bucks for us to make the switch, then we will - but it's gonna cost 'em - and perhaps wipe out any saving they make from switching in the first place! It'll be an interesting few years.
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
but we would only start developing for linux en masse if the demand from users was there and that will be driven by desktop users not server side stuff personally i wouldnt touch linux as a desktop system right now ... the apps for general usage are pretty crappy compared to windows stuff (think office, photoshop, etc) but yeah im getting familiar with it from a coding perspective cos i think its gonna be an important skill one of these days :)
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
Oh ! I must be one of them who missed your point. Currently there seems to be a vicious cycle , the main beneficiary of which is Microsoft. Lets take an example , my sister whose main use of the computer is for editing using Adobe Premiere. (1) She wants to use Adobe Premiere ----> She must choose MS-Windows so that he/she can have (1) The question is what will motivate Adobe to port Premiere to Linux so that the user can *cut* MS out of this cycle. I see this pattern repeated in every corporate desktop environment. There are one or two "flagship" applications that are used, such as AutoCAD, Illustrator, Rational Rose, which pretty much determines the OS. Microsoft gets to walk away with a neat chunk of change due to this arrangement. MS however has nothing to worry about as of yet. Even today Linux is no match for Windows when it comes to UI development, Graphics, Multimedia. I tried a hello-world in 'X' and it is X|
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day I think you are confusing your Linux forum site with CP. Most of the Linux talk here is the same Linux talk we have had for years. Go collect some proof and then I will listen.
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
Well said, John! "... and programmed our asses off to ..." :laugh: Vikram.
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.- Dijkstra KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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but we would only start developing for linux en masse if the demand from users was there and that will be driven by desktop users not server side stuff personally i wouldnt touch linux as a desktop system right now ... the apps for general usage are pretty crappy compared to windows stuff (think office, photoshop, etc) but yeah im getting familiar with it from a coding perspective cos i think its gonna be an important skill one of these days :)
I agree with all of what you say- except for the second para. I *do* use Linux, though not as heavily as Windows. Colleges in India are moving to Linux- almost en masse. Vikram.
Which is worse- ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care! KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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I agree with all of what you say- except for the second para. I *do* use Linux, though not as heavily as Windows. Colleges in India are moving to Linux- almost en masse. Vikram.
Which is worse- ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care! KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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> well compare koffice or whatever to ms office Well, see my bio and then tell me if KOffice or MS Office really matters. :)
But yes, I prefer MS Office.
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Which is worse- ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care! KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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I fully agree with you. I always was one of the “Windows zealots”, and defended MS enthusiastically, because I always saw MS doing better software than competitors do. However, from the last year to now, I am shocked how Linux (and all other OSS) seems to be taking large steps getting better, while MS sits there, just looking and doing nothing about it nor significantly improving its products (at least, not at the same pace). The situation seems very similar to when MS gave a kick on IBM on microcomputers two decades ago, and when IBM woke up with OS/2 it was too late. IBM was so big that it never saw from where the kick came from. MS even seems to be easing the path for Linux migration with .NET. Mono is becoming a very viable alternative to .NET and several things work there already. Most of my software is .NET now, and it runs on Linux almost without modification. I am strongly considering getting my home machine running only Linux, as soon as I manage to connect to our ISA-server based VPN. Even a Terminal Services RDP is working well. Man, they even ported to Linux emule, a program with heavy MFC use. Moreover, I have to admit; even on Windows, I do not use IE anymore: I use Mozilla, because it has those cool tabs, a nice googlebar, those mouse gestures I became addicted, and the incremental searching on pages. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer
Daniel Turini wrote: However, from the last year to now, I am shocked how Linux (and all other OSS) seems to be taking large steps getting better, while MS sits there, just looking and doing nothing about it nor significantly improving its products Well, the CIAC[^] doesn't seem to depict such clear picture in Linux's favor. From what I've read the "absolute and inherent" security of Linux and other open source software is somewhat of a myth.
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution - Robert Sewell
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I think most of you so far have missed the point. I'm not talking about end-users, I'm talking about the programmers here on CP that are talking about Linux more every day, and whether or not MS has taken notice. Afterall (and regardless of whether or not MS wants to admit it), Windows is a success because of *us*. We all jumped on the bandwagon and programmed our asses off to come up with applications. I think the same thing is about to happen with Linux, and if it does, Windows will become nothing but a memory for most of us. With the talk of a managed API in Longhorn, I wouldn't be surprised at all if a good number of programms that are currently writing for Windows just collectively say "screw this", and move en masse to Linux where the dev tools are free or relatively cheap, and the OS remains fairly static in terms of what it does. I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) without fixing things that are wrong with the previous year's crap. If more Windows programmers were to make the switch to Linux, I think Linux would become that much better (and viable on the desktop) that much faster. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I know *I'm* tired of MS changing the rules EVERY YEAR (OLE, no wait, DDE, no wait COM, no wait, DCOM, no wait, .NET) If you think that evolution and improvement is bad the I would recommend a job as a COBOL, RP/G or PL/I developer.
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution - Robert Sewell
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I fully agree with you. I always was one of the “Windows zealots”, and defended MS enthusiastically, because I always saw MS doing better software than competitors do. However, from the last year to now, I am shocked how Linux (and all other OSS) seems to be taking large steps getting better, while MS sits there, just looking and doing nothing about it nor significantly improving its products (at least, not at the same pace). The situation seems very similar to when MS gave a kick on IBM on microcomputers two decades ago, and when IBM woke up with OS/2 it was too late. IBM was so big that it never saw from where the kick came from. MS even seems to be easing the path for Linux migration with .NET. Mono is becoming a very viable alternative to .NET and several things work there already. Most of my software is .NET now, and it runs on Linux almost without modification. I am strongly considering getting my home machine running only Linux, as soon as I manage to connect to our ISA-server based VPN. Even a Terminal Services RDP is working well. Man, they even ported to Linux emule, a program with heavy MFC use. Moreover, I have to admit; even on Windows, I do not use IE anymore: I use Mozilla, because it has those cool tabs, a nice googlebar, those mouse gestures I became addicted, and the incremental searching on pages. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer
Daniel Turini wrote: MS even seems to be easing the path for Linux migration with .NET. Mono is becoming a very viable alternative to .NET and several things work there already. Most of my software is .NET now, and it runs on Linux almost without modification. I don't believe you, but I can't say you are wrong before I try myself. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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but we would only start developing for linux en masse if the demand from users was there and that will be driven by desktop users not server side stuff personally i wouldnt touch linux as a desktop system right now ... the apps for general usage are pretty crappy compared to windows stuff (think office, photoshop, etc) but yeah im getting familiar with it from a coding perspective cos i think its gonna be an important skill one of these days :)
l a u r e n wrote: but we would only start developing for linux en masse if the demand from users was there and that will be driven by desktop users not server side stuff This is an important point. The majority of users in the world already chose Windows (for whatever reason) and there's not really nothing that we developers can do to change that (most of us just do whatever it takes to feed ourselves and our families following the path of least resistance - or commonsense as it's known in some circles) . So all the pro-linux and anti-microsoft bs is nothing more than useless whining (it leads to interesting flame wars thou! :-))
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution - Robert Sewell
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Daniel Turini wrote: However, from the last year to now, I am shocked how Linux (and all other OSS) seems to be taking large steps getting better, while MS sits there, just looking and doing nothing about it nor significantly improving its products Well, the CIAC[^] doesn't seem to depict such clear picture in Linux's favor. From what I've read the "absolute and inherent" security of Linux and other open source software is somewhat of a myth.
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution - Robert Sewell
Eddie Velasquez wrote: Well, the CIAC[^] doesn't seem to depict such clear picture in Linux's favor. From what I've read the "absolute and inherent" security of Linux and other open source software is somewhat of a myth. I was not saying that Linux security is better than Windows (actually, I think *nix security model is better than Windows, but this is another discussion). The overall Linux environment is getting better. More good software, and it's becoming more user-friendlier. This can't be dismissed. Denying it was the path chosen by IBM 20 years ago and it didn't work. It won't right now. You have And yes, you'll see more security flaws on Linux packages because there are lots of them, but normally only a few are running on a well-configured machine, opposed to a well-configured Windows machine, which still runs lots of processes, exposing it to more security flaws. There are fully functional Linux distros which, after boot, run only 11 very small processes, IIRC. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer
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Daniel Turini wrote: MS even seems to be easing the path for Linux migration with .NET. Mono is becoming a very viable alternative to .NET and several things work there already. Most of my software is .NET now, and it runs on Linux almost without modification. I don't believe you, but I can't say you are wrong before I try myself. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
jhaga wrote: I don't believe you, but I can't say you are wrong before I try myself. Try it - they have a .MSI which runs on Windows under cygwin. You don't even need to compile on mono, you can give your assemblies to it and it runs. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer
