Mozilla Lightning to Challenge Outlook

MS IE Bug Finder writes "Although Microsoft is dismissing Mozilla Lightning, the article indicates the combination of Thunderbird (mail) with Sunbird (calendaring) should be a worthy opponent against Outlook by the middle of the new year." Reader EvilStein adds a link to the Lightning Q&A.

Comments

Re:It's not a worthy opponent

[generic-man]

I can crash my Linux workstation at home by playing a sound file using KDE's media player (noatun or kaboodle or whatever). Therefore, I can conclude that Linux is extremely unstable and is not fit for the enterprise.

Re:It's not a worthy opponent

[generic-man]

Thanks for the expert opinion. I'm using a Sound Blaster Live! that I bought four years ago. Could you please drop me a line when Linux supports this piece of hardware?

Re:It's not a worthy opponent

[generic-man]

Thanks for agreeing with me that Linux is not stable. A sound playback program is bringing down the system. Other playback programs, such as "play" or mpg123, don't crash my system as badly as KDE's programs do.

I'll write Debian and KDE a note saying that their kernel is bad. I bet their other users would like to know about this. What version of the KDE kernel are you using that does not demonstrate this error condition?

In other news, Windows 98 doesn't crash when I try to play a sound file.

Re:It's not a worthy opponent

[generic-man]

What the hell are you talking about?Linux, and why it sucks.No one did.Clearly someone did, or I would write as such.Hey, let's be clearThat's a good idea....either it's taking down the systemWhich it does, for me!or it isn't.It is.mpg123 not crashingIt does crash, Randy."as badly" as noatun doesn't mean anything. A program crashes; it's not running anymore. I want to hear my music, not whining from the open source community (that's you, Randy) about how crashing is good.If it crashesIt does crash, Randy.it either crashes only itselfThat's what I mean.(segfault, etc.)No, I don't get any segmentation faults.or is it crashing the OS.That's what it's doing.That's what we'reWe? You're doing the talking here.talkingAnd another thing, Randy -- people shouting at each other doesn't constitute "support."aboutAbout?here - crashing the OSLinux never crashes, ever. Except when it does.- not some program misbehavingLinux does not permit programs to misbehave.and crashing.Crashing is poor behavior.What?That's what I said, Randy. Now change the baby already; his diaper smells awful.Debian's kernel? DEBIAN HAS NO KERNEL. GNU/Linux has kernels.KDE's kernel? KDE HAS NO KERNEL. GNU/Linux has kernels.First,A good place to start.no oneExcept you, Randy.suggestedI think "stated confidently and arrogantly" is a more appropriate term for what people have been doing to me here. that your kernelOh, for the last time. It's GNU/Linux Kernel and not "KDE Kernel."wasIt still IS, and I can't get my e-mail until it stops.malfunctioning.Crashing.Second,That should probably be "secondly."DebianThat's DEBIAN GNU/LINUX. and KDEI like KDE much better than GNOME.don't have kernelsGNU/LINUX IS A KERNEL.of their own...I agree.KDE isWAS, Randy. Right now it is a smoldering heap of core dump! just a user level appIt's a desktop environment! How can I access my desktop without an environment?like anything else.You mean like Linux, or our baby, or my OGG collection of the Beatles?Kernel has no meaningAbout as much meaning as "corn."in that context.Context is good.And DebianDEBIAN GNU/LINUX.is just a distro,It happens to be the BEST distribution.and if I'm not mistaken,But you often are. uses stock kernel.org kernels.GNU/LINUX KERNELS.If thereThere's not.were a bugNo bugs.in the kernelThe GNU/LINUX kernel.causing this,It probably isn't. you shouldn't be talkingNow who's talking about who shouldn't be talking.to Debian's or KDE's teams.Their teams are pretty good, though.Once again, you have no clue. KDE doesn't have a kernel. You've already been told you have a buggy driver. Whining that your hardware is old doesn't change the fact that you probably have a buggy driver. Replace it and recompile the kernel with the new driver code if it's compiled in, or recompile the module if you're using dynamic loading.That sounds complicated. Can't Debian GNU Linux Kernel do that for me?Millions of peopleJust on Slashdot and in your mind, Randy. Name just one, Randy. Just one million people who use Linux.all over the worldIn which countries and which cities?use LinuxGNU/Linux.and playGames?sound filesOh, sound files. How innovative.just fineDo they have MP3 capability?on Sound Blaster Live! cards.Can they use better cards?This may be a corrupted download,Highly unlikely. I ran Winzip on the file, and it said OK.or it may be PEBKAC,Sorry, I don't speak German.based on your postsMy posts are my own.above.Above I only see Internet Explorer.In any case,Oh, good, a conclusion.don't flame LinuxLinux is not a person. You, Randy, are.because you don't knowI know a lot.what you're doing. I've done it well.