[ale] Wine

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Fri Jan 20 15:31:20 EST 2006


docx at io.com wrote:
> On Fri, January 20, 2006 5:18 pm, Geoffrey said:
> 
>>docx at io.com wrote:
>>
>>>My desktops have been Windows because of work constraints.  My experience
>>>with
>>>Linux has been primarily from a command-line working on boxes in data
>>>centers
>>>far away from me.  I'm sure desktop Linux has progressed much in the past
>>>7-8
>>>years.
>>
>>Then you should not post as you did previously, placing inaccurate
>>information on the internet for all to find.  Your post was completely
>>inaccurate.
> 
> 
> My original post said nothing about the state of the desktop for Linux vs.
> Windows or the state of Wine as a stable platform.  My comments about editing
> config files instead of pointing and clicking were related to setting up Wine,
> not to using Linux as a desktop replacement for Windows (though I can see how
> someone could read in their own interpretation of what I posted).

Your response was in reference to my post where I was comparing Linux to 
Windows, specifically, thus my take on it.  Further, you continue in 
your next paragraph to compare Linux to Windows.  So, I would expect 
that regardless of what you say your post was about, most people would 
not read it that way.

If one were to give crossover office a try, you'll find that it is 
'point and click' to the point of adding menu items to your Linux menus 
to start up your crossover apps.

> I commented a) some people are very hesitant to change, b) if something is
> going to replace what they're used to it better be able to do it better and
> without error and c) that the Wine folks are probably trying to make sure they
> conform to that ideal before they promote their code from beta.  The only
> thing that could be inaccurate is my opinion of the motivations of the Wine
> developers (but I stated it was my opinion, so that caveat should provide
> sufficient indemnity to my statement).
> 
> 
>>People change all the time.  They get used to it.  Hell, if they didn't
>>we'd still be riding horse and buggys.
> 
> 
> Like the Amish?  Like the Luddites?  Not all people change.  In fact, some
> people actively resist change.  Not accounting for this basic portion of human
> behavior is a pretty big oversight.

WOW, you're right!  Let's see, what percentage of people are Amish? 
Even in the bloody state of Penn?  Lousy examples of very small groups 
who resist change.

Did you ever study statistics?  Check your sample size and sampling 
methods..

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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