[Gllug] Whinge

[Jon Masters]

On 30 Aug 2001 14:07:51 +0100, Dan Kolb wrote:

jcm>> ...and had you not had the requirements for putty you would have done
jcm>> likewise on Windows crud.
> 
> Done what? Install dependencies? Install OpenSSH?

The former.

> What's a 'meaty' package by your definition?

Something substantial, not written by Microsoft.

> Office? Installs without even a reboot.

I have installed Office 2000 twice in the last couple of weeks on W2K
hosts - it took a reboot in both cases.

> Anti-Virus stuff? A few clicks, and it's installed.

Upgrading virus protection software at work required multiple reboots
(Vshield).

jcm>> So you're not using multiple profiles which require manual replication
jcm>> then?
> 
> Um, under NT (and I think 2K), there's a common Programs menu which most
> software installs itself in, *not* in the per-user Programs menu. But you
> knew that already, didn't you?

Yes I did and my point was that getting applications on to per-user
menus is not a on click process (for me at any rate). I must copy the
items accross.

jcm>> continued Microsoft bashing at every opportunity
> 
> Which, as many people have pointed out in the past, is unconstructive,
> although possibly fun.

It's hillariously funny.

> But if I was a newbie, thinking about trying out
> Linux, I'd be put off by the bash-Microsoft attitude

So what? I don't care if nobody ever "converts" again, it's not about
getting the most users you possibly can - that's what M$ try to do.

> Not good advocacy, is it?

A lot of people seem to think "we" must encourage everyone to drop
Microsoft products overnight and switch - personally I feel the goal is
to produce the best Free Operating System (which is similar to UNIX
based systems) as possible.

--jcm



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