And what about nonstandard stylesheets? Are authors to be restricted to "standard" XML, or do they have to provide their own stylesheets? In the latter case, they could just as easily provide their own LaTeX style files. Also, LaTeX is better supported than MathML, so LaTeX is better for math (at least right now).
Also, you speak of maintaing compatibility. Will XML always be compatible? Will nothing in the various XML languages ever be deprecated?
As for the difficulty of parsing TeX/LaTeX, is that due to the inherent structure, or due to the fact that they are compiled rather than interpreted, thus avoiding the need for parsers?
Except that the cooling table also fits on your lap. I rarely use mine in that manner, as I usually put it on a table. Some people might not have that luxury. My "cooling table" isn't that heavy (maybe two pounds).
Deal with Kim Jong-il? Does Microsoft trust him not to launch one at Redmond after the check clears? If he's crazy enough to nuke South Korea, why wouldn't he be crazy enough to nuke the US?
Are you saying that progress is automatic? During the collapse of the Roman Empire, was each generation better off than the previous generation? The fact that we are better off now than 100 years ago does not mean that our descendants will be better off than we are.
It's unlikely to work for all distributions as some distributions are intentionally scaled down. I estimate that there are some 300 distributions listed at http://distrowatch.com/stats.php [distrowatch]. I doubt that all of them have the level of autodetection that you want.
I've found that NICs are easier to install in Linux than in Windows. Just plug them in and let Linux autodetect. Similarly with printers. I once plugged my laptop into an HP 4100 (4200?) using a USB/Parallel printer cable. Before I could do anything else, the printer was printing a previously enqueued file. And connecting an external modem? Plug it in to serial port and set the proper symbolic link to/dev/modem. Oh, the horror!
Did your Hauppage card say it was Linux compatible? Did your Netgear USB wireless card? Your ATI video card? I may have had trouble in 3D, but never in 2D.
Why does one have to tweak xorg.conf to get the 2D stuff working with ATI cards? Also, I've found hardware such as printers easier to set up in Linux than in Windows.
Any application? So it doesn't require a tech to install cygwin? Also, can a regular user (without admin privileges) install software without jumping through hoops?
As far as hardware goes, the Linux model is actually easier than Windows. If a piece of hardware is supported in Linux, it's easier to install than in Windows. There are problems with drivers, but that may be more in terms of getting specifications than in writing drivers. Also, to what extent is programming fungible? Are the people working on the GUI the best ones for writing drivers?
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It's not too hard to make templates/stylesheets for correspondence in LaTeX.
I don't know about CVS, but it's easy to find and install LaTeX in most
Linux distributions.
Pretty graphics? Ever try pstricks? It can generate textbook-quality graphs.
If I want a graph of the equation f(x)=x^2 in a document, how would I do it
in Microsoft Office?
And what about nonstandard stylesheets? Are authors to be restricted to "standard" XML, or do they have to provide their own stylesheets? In the latter case, they could just as easily provide their own LaTeX style files. Also, LaTeX is better supported than MathML, so LaTeX is better for math (at least right now).
Also, you speak of maintaing compatibility. Will XML always be compatible? Will nothing in the various XML languages ever be deprecated?
As for the difficulty of parsing TeX/LaTeX, is that due to the inherent structure, or due to the fact that they are compiled rather than interpreted, thus avoiding the need for parsers?
Except that the cooling table also fits on your lap. I rarely use mine in that manner, as I usually put it on a table. Some people might not have that luxury. My "cooling table" isn't that heavy (maybe two pounds).
Sony not an OS maker? Can't they just do what Apple did and release its own version of BSD? Would anyone want to buy a BSD-compatible Sony Vaio?
But are the only consequences of DRM the availability of content? Maybe having lousy content is better than having proprietary hardware?
Get a laptop cooler. Even if you don't want to use the fan, it still keeps the heat away from the family jewels.
Are students allowed to use unsupported software?
So supporting Linux is out of reason? Remind me not to attend UNC.
You seem to be saying that Microsoft is just throwing stuff together, rather than integrating it.
Deal with Kim Jong-il? Does Microsoft trust him not to launch one at Redmond after the check clears? If he's crazy enough to nuke South Korea, why wouldn't he be crazy enough to nuke the US?
Wikipedia estimates South Korea's 2005 GDP at slightly over $1 trillion (US). No, Microsoft can't buy it with a month's worth of profits.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Kor
But perhaps others don't see any indication of the opposite?
Are you saying that progress is automatic? During the collapse of the Roman Empire, was each generation better off than the previous generation? The fact that we are better off now than 100 years ago does not mean that our descendants will be better off than we are.
I have a dynamic IP address, you insensitive clod!
And none doesn't count as few? The GP said "there are few", not "there are a few".
It's unlikely to work for all distributions as some distributions are intentionally scaled down. I estimate that there are some 300 distributions listed at http://distrowatch.com/stats.php [distrowatch]. I doubt that all of them have the level of autodetection that you want.
I've found that NICs are easier to install in Linux than in Windows. Just plug them in and let Linux autodetect. Similarly with printers. I once plugged my laptop into an HP 4100 (4200?) using a USB/Parallel printer cable. Before I could do anything else, the printer was printing a previously enqueued file. And connecting an external modem? Plug it in to serial port and set the proper symbolic link to /dev/modem. Oh, the horror!
Did your Hauppage card say it was Linux compatible? Did your Netgear USB wireless card? Your ATI video card? I may have had trouble in 3D, but never in 2D.
So Red Hat's AIGL won't run on SUSE and vice versa?
The problem in the UNIX wars wasn't diversity, but closed source.
What X server/client code was available in 1976?
How can XGL/AIGL make editing *.tex files WYSIWYG? Even Lyx won't let me edit *.tex files.
Why does one have to tweak xorg.conf to get the 2D stuff working with ATI cards? Also, I've found hardware such as printers easier to set up in Linux than in Windows.
Any application? So it doesn't require a tech to install cygwin? Also, can a regular user (without admin privileges) install software without jumping through hoops?
As far as hardware goes, the Linux model is actually easier than Windows. If a piece of hardware is supported in Linux, it's easier to install than in Windows. There are problems with drivers, but that may be more in terms of getting specifications than in writing drivers. Also, to what extent is programming fungible? Are the people working on the GUI the best ones for writing drivers?
No. It says "Product", by which it means whatever version of Windows is installed.