Gary wrote:
> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
> news:eyh83gSyHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Frank wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:emowydJyHHA.5276@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Give it up already Linux and Ubuntu is crap on the desktop and over
>>>>>>>> 98% of the world knows it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> False and false.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Those numbers have not made any significant changes in the last 10
>>>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> False.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So go play with your other Linux droids.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The inevitable insult from someone jealous because he paid an arm and
>>>>>>> a leg for Vista only to find out that Ubuntu is better and free. Too
>>>>>>> bad, baby. Or should I say Hasta La Vista, Baby?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Didn't cost me a dime. And Ubuntu is still crap for anyone who does
>>>>>> real work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Truer words were never spoken! 
>>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>> Course neither of you dare to say what "real work" is and can only
>>>> snootily sneer at Open Source. Jealousy usually works that way.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>> There is a reality that you linux lovers are simply not willing or are
>>> unable to accept and that is that linux is not a main stream business os
>>> capable of running most "real world" productive software. And please,
>>> don't tell me about wine or emulators. We've been thru diatribe with you
>>> guys many times before and nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed. You
>>> still can't run most major software applications on linux...period! The
>>> software applications most business need and use on a daily basis will
>>> not run on linux. Linux has some applications that are "almost" similar,
>>> but "almost" won't cut it in the "real" business world.
>>> Sorry!
>>> You may think in your mind that is will but in the "real" world (a place
>>> you don't seem to be a part of) it really doesn't run the type of
>>> software most (90+ %) of all business need to run in order to be
>>> productive.
>>>
>>> Now you may insert your snide, irrelevant reply that makes you feel good
>>> because it doesn't change a darn thing and deep inside you know it
>>> doesn't.
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> And the real work is? And the software programs are?
>>
>> Alias, not holding his breath
>
> Remote manage 10 domains - Policies for updates for 2000+ machines - Auto
> install or deinstall software.
> Local administration groups - Remote management - and this is just the
> management part.
> I'm not going to get into interoperability as it would be way over your
> head. So I'm waiting for your answer to the above.
>
>
Um, that's not "real work"; that's managing computers. I suspect there
is a way when you consider how many large corporations and governments
use Linux. I do all my work with Ubuntu and it provides me with real
money. What do the operators of these computers do that Ubuntu can't do?
Can one send and receive email with Ubuntu? Yes.
Can one surf the web? Yes
Can one do spreadsheets, word docs., data base, web sites, Gimp, etc.? Yes.
Can one do IM with Ubuntu? Yes. VOIP? Yes.
Can one easily get a virus with Ubuntu? No. With Windows? Yes.
Can one easily get malware with Ubuntu? No. With Windows? Yes.
Is everything updated at once with Ubuntu? Yes. With Windows? No.
Does one have to constantly prove that one is not a pirate over and over
again with Ubuntu? No. With Windows Vista? You betcha.
Alias
Funny!