Re:Can't do without either
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SuSE 7.3 vs XP
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Let's not get applications for an OS confused with the actual OS here. I haven't actually used Windows XP, so I don't know if the imaging software you are using is installed with XP or not, but this software has nothing to do with the XP OS other than the fact it was written to run on that particular platform. This is more a question of the availability of user friendly software, which is obviously vastly in M$'s favour due mainly to their HUGE market penetration as well as hardware support from the vendors.
There is nothing stopping Linux from having the same easy to use software, it just hasn't been done because almost all Linux users are more technically adept than the average Windows user, and software is made with that in mind. Why spend weeks/months tweaking the UI for your application when you know all your users will be very capable of using your product to its full potential without all the bells and whistles?
I'm guessing the only reason Ian McKellan got a nomination is because his character Gandalf is "dead".
I can see the wheels spinning in the minds of the voting members of the Academy. "Ian wasn't that great compared to Ashton Kutcher in Dude Where's My Car, but Gandalf is dead. He won't be back for the next two movies, so this is our only chance. Ashton will have to wait until the sequel, Dude, Where's My Career? to claim his long deserved title."
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Let's not get applications for an OS confused with the actual OS here. I haven't actually used Windows XP, so I don't know if the imaging software you are using is installed with XP or not, but this software has nothing to do with the XP OS other than the fact it was written to run on that particular platform. This is more a question of the availability of user friendly software, which is obviously vastly in M$'s favour due mainly to their HUGE market penetration as well as hardware support from the vendors.
There is nothing stopping Linux from having the same easy to use software, it just hasn't been done because almost all Linux users are more technically adept than the average Windows user, and software is made with that in mind. Why spend weeks/months tweaking the UI for your application when you know all your users will be very capable of using your product to its full potential without all the bells and whistles?
I can see the wheels spinning in the minds of the voting members of the Academy. "Ian wasn't that great compared to Ashton Kutcher in Dude Where's My Car, but Gandalf is dead. He won't be back for the next two movies, so this is our only chance. Ashton will have to wait until the sequel, Dude, Where's My Career? to claim his long deserved title."