Re: Dream OS = Linux

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From: Kevin Brown
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 06:35

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In article <41bp9a$2lj@sloth.swcp.com>,
Carlos Carbajal <cardinal@swcp.com> wrote:
>shampoo@unix.infoserve.net (Ken Vong) wrote:
>
>Linux is great: for an educational experience. It is not
>user-friendly. 

Linux is as user-friendly as the system administrator decides to make
it.  In my case, it's user-friendly enough that my fiancee uses it
without problems.  She has far more problems with DOS+Windows at work
than she does with Linux at home.

>But everyone is missing the point of OS wars: apps
>determine the success of an OS. Right now this is why DOS/WIN is in
>the lead. Linux versions of Word, Excel, Notes, Photoshop, CorelDraw
>are unlikely for now.

It's pretty unlikely that Word and Excel will ever be ported to Linux.
Why would MS support a platform that is "competing" against their
beloved Windows 95?  But it's much more possible that the other
programs you mentioned will be ported (there's even a version of
Photoshop for the SGI.  How hard can it be to port that to Linux when
it's already an X app?).

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Subject: Re: Dream OS = Linux
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