Well, this is a little off topic. But no two movements/companies typify the split that I see all the time in computing. Ease of Use V. Power.
Apple is ALL about ease of use/learning (the two aren't always the same). Linux is ALL about power. Microsoft, after having begun in the power camp, is now focusing more on ease of use.
Which is more important? Well, that's for the market to decide. And the market has. Ease of use is more important. Why is would M$, the marketing genuises, focus on it. The interesting thing about Linux is that it isn't, up until now at least, been market driven, because it's not sold. Unix isn't really either, because even commercial *nix's aren't sold on the mass market.
Lesson for linux-heads: Want market share of the desktop ("world domination")? Do more ease-of-use stuff. The interesting challenge for linux: Keep the command-line power for those who want it, but a consumer user should NEVER have to see it. Period. End of conversation. My brothers and sisters aren't screwing with a CLI.
Look, I come from being a mac graphics guy. Got into programming about 2 years ago. I have been using NT 4 for all that time, constantly installing, uninstalling development software. I saw my FIRST CRASH last week. I was kinda like, "cool, I've seen a BSOD" (incidentally, I was trying to run a COM object sample that I think had some MAJOR problems.
I don't know about our two main servers (NT), 'cause I don't admin 'em, but our development server (a poor old 100mhz Pentium, that runs our SQL server just fine for the two developers we have hitting it with sample code) has been up for... four months. I can't recall our main ServerOne EVER crashing....
Sorry, I just haven't seen these crashes. I realize this is emperical, but while I realize NT has problems, I don't think stability is one of them. Maybe poor admins. Now you want these same guys to admin linux boxes, and I see/.'ers talking about lame admins here all the time?
I too, would love to use Linux, but no matter what I do, I can't get the RH 6 install I have to get x windows up and running..... I gave up after 3 days.
Jeez, I don't get people slamming M$ for browser compatibility. I'm sorry, but if I'm M$ I could give a rat's ass if my pages work in Netscape, except the one that let's them download IE.... And if I'm netscape, I don't care what my pages look like except the one that let's em download Netscape..... sorry foks, that's business...
I LIKE hotmail.... the new OE 5 lets you access that common web-based mailbox from right within your email client. I think it's pretty slick.
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Well, this is a little off topic. But no two movements/companies typify the split that I see all the time in computing. Ease of Use V. Power.
Apple is ALL about ease of use/learning (the two aren't always the same). Linux is ALL about power. Microsoft, after having begun in the power camp, is now focusing more on ease of use.
Which is more important? Well, that's for the market to decide. And the market has. Ease of use is more important. Why is would M$, the marketing genuises, focus on it. The interesting thing about Linux is that it isn't, up until now at least, been market driven, because it's not sold. Unix isn't really either, because even commercial *nix's aren't sold on the mass market.
Lesson for linux-heads: Want market share of the desktop ("world domination")? Do more ease-of-use stuff. The interesting challenge for linux: Keep the command-line power for those who want it, but a consumer user should NEVER have to see it. Period. End of conversation. My brothers and sisters aren't screwing with a CLI.
Look, I come from being a mac graphics guy. Got into programming about 2 years ago. I have been using NT 4 for all that time, constantly installing, uninstalling development software. I saw my FIRST CRASH last week. I was kinda like, "cool, I've seen a BSOD" (incidentally, I was trying to run a COM object sample that I think had some MAJOR problems.
/.'ers talking about lame admins here all the time?
I don't know about our two main servers (NT), 'cause I don't admin 'em, but our development server (a poor old 100mhz Pentium, that runs our SQL server just fine for the two developers we have hitting it with sample code) has been up for... four months. I can't recall our main ServerOne EVER crashing....
Sorry, I just haven't seen these crashes. I realize this is emperical, but while I realize NT has problems, I don't think stability is one of them. Maybe poor admins. Now you want these same guys to admin linux boxes, and I see
I too, would love to use Linux, but no matter what I do, I can't get the RH 6 install I have to get x windows up and running..... I gave up after 3 days.
Jeez, I don't get people slamming M$ for browser compatibility. I'm sorry, but if I'm M$ I could give a rat's ass if my pages work in Netscape, except the one that let's them download IE.... And if I'm netscape, I don't care what my pages look like except the one that let's em download Netscape..... sorry foks, that's business...
I LIKE hotmail.... the new OE 5 lets you access that common web-based mailbox from right within your email client. I think it's pretty slick.