First of all, what is this assumption that grandma cannot use a command line? Just because no one in their right minds would use the Windows command line for anything doesn't give Windows users any right to say that the shells on Linux systems are just as brain damaged.
If I can tell granny to "click the funny thing with the blue E on it, then click in the address field, then type www.google.com", I can bloody well tell her to type 'apt-get install nvidia' in a command window. The command line in Linux is no longer a scary full screen experience reminiscent of War Games and other hacker movies. It is a managable little window, indistinguishable from Notepad to any novice user. But that's beside the point.
Both nvidia and ATI distribute GUI installers with their drivers. There's even 3rd party projects like ENVY for Ubuntu that'll detect your hardware and let you download, configure and install the appropriate packages. All within the comfort of a GUI.
You're absolutely right. I agree 100%.
And that's exactly why governments entities and educational institutions in Texas, Massachusetts, Israel, India, Singapore, Germany, France, Brazil, China, Macedonia, Denmark, and from the opendocument fellowship *deep breath*. Australia, Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Croatia, Czech Republic, EU bodies, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and from the USA: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and New York... are NOT all switching or planning to switch to OpenOffice.
I've read those links countless times already, I see nothing new and innovative there. I see a service pack upgrade of the features that matter, and a lot of updates to their software: media player, movie maker, search, mail, paint, downgrade of wordpad, etc.
There is nothing of substance. Certainly nothing that warrants 5 years of development.
MS' idea of a 3D desktop is taking the 'cascade' feature (which ought to be in the hall of fame for most horrible GUI functions of all time) and turned it a bit on its side. Which is just the epitomy of MS thinking right there, their entire approach to security follows the same pattern.
They take what is already known to be a horrible idea and then they try to patch it up. Instead of implementing a good idea.
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First of all, what is this assumption that grandma cannot use a command line?
Just because no one in their right minds would use the Windows command line for anything doesn't give Windows users any right to say that the shells on Linux systems are just as brain damaged.
If I can tell granny to "click the funny thing with the blue E on it, then click in the address field, then type www.google.com", I can bloody well tell her to type 'apt-get install nvidia' in a command window. The command line in Linux is no longer a scary full screen experience reminiscent of War Games and other hacker movies. It is a managable little window, indistinguishable from Notepad to any novice user.
But that's beside the point.
Both nvidia and ATI distribute GUI installers with their drivers. There's even 3rd party projects like ENVY for Ubuntu that'll detect your hardware and let you download, configure and install the appropriate packages. All within the comfort of a GUI.
So no, OOo won't replace MSOffice quite yet
You're absolutely right. I agree 100%.
And that's exactly why governments entities and educational institutions in Texas, Massachusetts, Israel, India, Singapore, Germany, France, Brazil, China, Macedonia, Denmark, and from the opendocument fellowship *deep breath*. Australia, Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Croatia, Czech Republic, EU bodies, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and from the USA: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and New York... are NOT all switching or planning to switch to OpenOffice.
Oh wait. They are!
I've read those links countless times already, I see nothing new and innovative there. I see a service pack upgrade of the features that matter, and a lot of updates to their software: media player, movie maker, search, mail, paint, downgrade of wordpad, etc.
There is nothing of substance. Certainly nothing that warrants 5 years of development.
MS' idea of a 3D desktop is taking the 'cascade' feature (which ought to be in the hall of fame for most horrible GUI functions of all time) and turned it a bit on its side. Which is just the epitomy of MS thinking right there, their entire approach to security follows the same pattern. They take what is already known to be a horrible idea and then they try to patch it up. Instead of implementing a good idea.