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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!cyclic.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ais.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.176.20.11!aesop.synopsys.com!news.synopsys.com!jbuck From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 4 Apr 1997 17:50:34 GMT Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043-4033 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5i3f1a$nc5@hermes.synopsys.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com> <5i2ahu$1mi@twin.wasatch.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: atrus-84.synopsys.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19829 comp.os.linux.misc:168153 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38512 lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) writes: >> 2) MS has made computing easier. To install a prog in win95, u insert bobh@wasatch.com (Bob Hauck) writes: >They have made it appear easier when the new user is trying to do >something trivial. A pleasant "out of box" experience. They have >made it hopelessly obscure when it comes to doing difficult things or >trying to troubleshoot problems. First off, it was the Mac that made computing easier, way back when (using ideas from Xerox PARC). It wasn't until Windows 95 that Microsoft caught up in any reasonable sense. (Mac'ers who crow that Windows 95 == Mac 84 fail to mention that Mac 97 == Mac 84, pretty much -- there's been no innovation lately from the Apple camp). There's no reason Linux can't have configuration utilities as easy to use as Windows 95 or the Mac. It doesn't conflict with the underlying OS, it's just a cleaner interface. Instead of just bashing Microsoft all the time (and yes, they deserve bashing), borrowing their better ideas is something that should take place more often. -- -- Joe Buck http://www.synopsys.com/pubs/research/people/jbuck.html Help stamp out Internet spam: see http://www.vix.com/spam/