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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:09:41 -0500, VanShania wrote:
Can you play all the latest games(or should I say "any games") on LINIX? Sure you can play all the latest Linux Games on Linux. And you can also play most if not all win32 games on it too I'm told, but I don't know are care. I've been running Linux for about 5 years and still haven't looked at all the free games that just came with the distro I use. How about any and all programming compilers like Visual Basic, Cobol, C/C++, Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right now)?, how about video editing? You've got to be kidding me. There's more developement sofware for Linux than a windows user could even think of, much less have or afford. As for office suites, take your pick of several. Open office probably being the most recognizable. I don't do video editing, but check with some of the major movie companies that edit their movies with Linux if you want professional software. Otherwise there's many free packages. For $0 you get what would cost thousands for software for Windows. Only drawback is that you don't get all those free virues for windows.:-) -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
Well my hat is off for you LINIX users
-- Sapphire X1600 Pro 512mb AGP MSI Theater 550Pro TV Tuner Thermaltake LanFire Midtower(4X80mm fans),Antec 550 Watt PSU Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3, A64 3500+, Stock Cooler IdleTemp 28 C 2 Gb Dual Channel PC3200 OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 CL2.5 Viewsonic A91f 19in Moniter 2XSATA WD 320gb Raid Edition, PATA WD 120Gb HD Pioneer 110D Dual Layer burner Logitech MX 310 Optical Mouse Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick Microsoft ergonomic keyboard Cheap computer speakers with Sennheiser HD 477 Headphones 3DMark05Free-Overall-3134 1024X768, 4XAA/8XAF 6.4Drivers Cpu - 4405 3Dmark2001 - 8702 4XAA/8XAF 1280X1024 Games I'm Playing- IL-2 Sturmovick Series Empire Earth 2, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Civ IV, Warhammer 40,000 Gold "VanShania" wrote in message ... Can you play all the latest games(or should I say "any games") on LINIX? How about any and all programming compilers like Visual Basic, Cobol, C/C++, Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right now)?, how about video editing? -- Sapphire X1600 Pro 512mb AGP MSI Theater 550Pro TV Tuner Thermaltake LanFire Midtower(4X80mm fans),Antec 550 Watt PSU Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3, A64 3500+, Stock Cooler IdleTemp 28 C 2 Gb Dual Channel PC3200 OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 CL2.5 Viewsonic A91f 19in Moniter 2XSATA WD 320gb Raid Edition, PATA WD 120Gb HD Pioneer 110D Dual Layer burner Logitech MX 310 Optical Mouse Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick Microsoft ergonomic keyboard Cheap computer speakers with Sennheiser HD 477 Headphones 3DMark05Free-Overall-3134 1024X768, 4XAA/8XAF 6.4Drivers Cpu - 4405 3Dmark2001 - 8702 4XAA/8XAF 1280X1024 Games I'm Playing- IL-2 Sturmovick Series Empire Earth 2, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Civ IV, Warhammer 40,000 Gold "know code" wrote in message ... VanShania wrote: Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by those who don't have much to do anyways What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my linux box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is probably a lot more than the average Joe. I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security etc (and it is free). And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!). |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
"know code" wrote in message ... VanShania wrote: I have no idea about LINIX but I know you can play games on LINUX! Besides, I always thought a games console was designed for playing games on.... Sure, but extreamly limited... ID does a good job supporting linux, no one else does for the most part. How about any and all programming compilers like Visual Basic, Cobol, C/C++, Visual Basic? Isn't that only used on Windoze? Why would anyone want VB isn't my fav, but with VB.Net it works like any other language in the ..Net family so who cares? to use that Mickey Mouse language on a good OS like Linux? As for C/C++, of course you can. Ever heard of gcc? GCC is a rather bleh compiler... It does it's job, but you don't get very well optimized code. This is why, for instance you don't see very many itanium linux machines Now, if you want to talk about languages.... does Windoze support Fortran, Haskell, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl? These all come supplied as STANDARD with SUSE linux at no additional cost. How many of those come supplied with Windoze, and if they don't, how much do they cost? Now tell me which is the more programmer oriented OS! Fortran yes, Python yes, Tcl - god talk about awful languages, who cares if windows supports it, Perl of course. Haskell and Ruby I'm not as familar with but I'm sure there is support Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right now)?, Ever heard of Open Office? It reads and writes MS proprietary formats AND supports the ISO **STANDARD** which M$ Office does not! And, it is FREE. Remind me how much M$ Office Pro is again? I'm not a fan of open office, MS products seem to perform better. Not sure what you're talking about with "propriatary formats".... As far as I know open office doesn't use a document standard that's any more open than Micrsofts. Are there other office products that support Open office document formats nativly? As far as Open Document vs. the new MS format, they're both equally open so whatever. how about video editing? Of course! Do some research before posting M$ FUD! And you please do some before posting this kind of crap. Not that I defend the uninformed opinion that the original poster put out there, but as far as I can see yours isn't any better. Carlo |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
Carlo Razzeto wrote:
VB isn't my fav, but with VB.Net it works like any other language in the .Net family so who cares? ..Net? That's M$ proprietary Windoze only stuff, isn't it? So, as you say, who cares! Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right now)?, Ever heard of Open Office? It reads and writes MS proprietary formats AND supports the ISO **STANDARD** which M$ Office does not! And, it is FREE. Remind me how much M$ Office Pro is again? I'm not a fan of open office, MS products seem to perform better. Not sure what you're talking about with "propriatary formats".... M$ Office documents use a proprietary file format. Other applications can only read/write M$ formats because they have been reverse engineered. The reason some M$ documents do not display properly in other apps?.... because M$ have never released the formatting used! OTOH, the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as used by Open Office is a fully open format and has been standardised by the International Standards Organisation in ISO/IEC 26300. This means that *any* app which conforms to this ISO standard format will be able to read/write ODF files. No doubt M$ will install a .odt filter in Word so it can read OpenOffice text documents, but I wonder will they release the formatting of their ..doc files so OpenOffice can read M$ files? I know where my money on that debate is! Go to the link below for more details on the ISO standard! http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standa...60503080915835 As far as I know open office doesn't use a document standard that's any more open than Micrsofts. See answer above. It is ISO standard ISO/IEC 26300. Are there other office products that support Open office document formats nativly? As far as Open Document vs. the new MS format, they're both equally open so whatever. M$ documents are not an open format and never have been. They are a closed proprietary format, just like M$ source code. See answer above as to why OpenOffice can read them. how about video editing? Of course! Do some research before posting M$ FUD! And you please do some before posting this kind of crap. Not that I defend the uninformed opinion that the original poster put out there, but as far as I can see yours isn't any better. Maybe you should do some research! I have as can be evidenced above. Clearly you haven't! |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
know code wrote:
Go to the link below for more details on the ISO standard! http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standa...60503080915835 Or if you prefer something from the ISO themselves, then try this link. http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre...6/Ref1004.html |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
"know code" wrote in message ... Carlo Razzeto wrote: VB isn't my fav, but with VB.Net it works like any other language in the .Net family so who cares? .Net? That's M$ proprietary Windoze only stuff, isn't it? So, as you say, who cares! Mono. M$ Office documents use a proprietary file format. Other applications can only read/write M$ formats because they have been reverse engineered. The reason some M$ documents do not display properly in other apps?.... because M$ have never released the formatting used! OTOH, the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as used by Open Office is a fully open format and has been standardised by the International Standards Organisation in ISO/IEC 26300. This means that *any* app which conforms to this ISO standard format will be able to read/write ODF files. No doubt M$ will install a .odt filter in Word so it can read OpenOffice text documents, but I wonder will they release the formatting of their .doc files so OpenOffice can read M$ files? I know where my money on that debate is! Go to the link below for more details on the ISO standard! http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standa...60503080915835 As far as I know open office doesn't use a document standard that's any more open than Micrsofts. See answer above. It is ISO standard ISO/IEC 26300. Are there other office products that support Open office document formats nativly? As far as Open Document vs. the new MS format, they're both equally open so whatever. M$ documents are not an open format and never have been. They are a closed proprietary format, just like M$ source code. See answer above as to why OpenOffice can read them. docx etc is open just like .Net how about video editing? Of course! Do some research before posting M$ FUD! And you please do some before posting this kind of crap. Not that I defend the uninformed opinion that the original poster put out there, but as far as I can see yours isn't any better. Maybe you should do some research! I have as can be evidenced above. Clearly you haven't! Ditto. |
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Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista
know code wrote: know code wrote: Go to the link below for more details on the ISO standard! http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standa...60503080915835 Or if you prefer something from the ISO themselves, then try this link. http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre...6/Ref1004.html Don't be too overly swayed by the fact that one thing or another conforms to ISO standards. The standards are often drafted specifically by vendors to get a rubber stamp of approval from ISO. These are then used by these vendors to point accusatory fingers at others for not being compliant. If Microsoft were not participating in the standards process, do you think the competing vendors that were participating would ask for their opinion? |
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