On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 Q u a s i wrote :
At 03:28 even 9/4/02 +0530, PTellis wrote:
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Q u a s i wrote:
click, get a presentation done for tomorrow in 20 minutes and
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powerpoint takes significantly more than 20 minutes to build a presentation. more than a few hours actually. even then the presentation isn't visible on an OHP because the person who built the presentation doesn't understand the difference between a CRT and a projector.
If that comes to that, it is best to use transparencies and OHP marker pens. That is why most of the dear lecturers at NCST do that.
well, I use linux because it works better than anything else I've used, and it looks better than anything else I've used. Yes, I use X a lot when I'm at work, and it's painful to have to use a windows machine after sitting at my system. The widgets look ugly, the colours are terrible, the sharp edges I don't like, and the nasty double-clicking is too much for me. I use Gnome as my DM and Mozilla as my browser.
{grin} we surely have different tastes. But I guess the colours bit is a bit too much dont you think? You can have whatever colours you like, windows or x. In XP you get all sorts of curves too, translucence, shadow, single clicks - all the works. Even getting single clicking to win98 SE is a trivial 5 sec job. Come come Sir, let us be unbiased.
I am not propagating M$ products. I am not saying windows is better overall. All I am saying is dont ignore the good points of M$. As I mentioned earlier, M$ has had no qualms incorporating features swiped from all over the place. What makes windows bearable, too, are some super cool *free* software available for it.
*chop*
Those are called give-aways. If you have paid for the software, you have paid for the give-away in a way. If you haven't what you are doing is illegal.
Anyway we can sit arguing like this forever. In the end, we get used to and love what we use.
Yes, we could go on... But we should remember that we should only do things that we love doing legally ;).
I may agree that Windows does give much more better performance compared to Linux with respect to some areas. But then one must also take several other things into account. If Linux was a built like Windows it would be hundered times better, perhaps more stable even.
You may like using MS today, but as how many people and I see it, GNU/Linux will have the upperhand in the future. You can mark my words for this one :).
Amol Hatwar.
At 02:00 even 9/4/02 +0000, Amol wrote:
What makes windows bearable, too, are some super cool *free* software available for it.
*chop*
Those are called give-aways. If you have paid for the software, you have paid for the give-away in a way. If you haven't what you are doing is illegal.
Again as I said, weather I own a licence is besides the point. I may be a criminal. I may be pirating everything. I may be ripping DVD's. I even have a plant in Cambodia mass manufacturing illegal CDz. But that is irrelevant here, as *I* & my private business does not matter *here*. For all you know I may be having a licensed version of Windows et.al.. So if you want to go off on a tangent next time, please do so. I will choose to remain on the circumference.
Anyway we can sit arguing like this forever. In the end, we get used to and love what we use.
Yes, we could go on... But we should remember that we should only do things that we love doing legally ;).
yah, they are waiting for you at Puri. You must consider that post seriously. ;-D
I may agree that Windows does give much more better performance compared to Linux with respect to some areas. But then one must also take several other things into account. If Linux was a built like Windows it would be hundered times better, perhaps more stable even.
If I was born a son to the Czar I might have been beheaded. What might have been, is again irrelevant. I was speaking as of *today*.
You may like using MS today, but as how many people and I see it, GNU/Linux will have the upperhand in the future. You can mark my words for this one :).
Yes Sir. Surely I will die a slow death with my dear inseparable windows. And you can rule the world happily ever after with the beautiful princess.
Bah. All this beating the chest reminds me of MicroSoft. Totally. "This is the best windows yet." "Your programs will be run better than before" "Your machine will be faster than before" "Better support for your hardware" blah blah...
Sad.
The best thing one can do for X is to see the shortcomings. You think it has come all this way without that? You can chuck you chest out about X in front of outsiders. But at the LUG ?
bah.
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