Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:04:20 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Michael Kenneth Henry <mhenry@black.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An article from Microsoft Message-ID: <37FD8964.54EB9E5B@newsguy.com> References: <19991008002631.8A2BF153BE@hub.freebsd.org>
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Michael Kenneth Henry wrote: > > > I claim most desktops do nothing but games and office-type > > applications, both of which are available to Linux. > > You're kidding, right? Just because xboing is available for Linux > does not mean it's a substitute for "The Need for Speed". It has Quake and Civ:CTP, what else do you want? :-) Sure, Windows has MUCH more. But Linux does have decent games. > > Alas... is there any kind of application *not* available to Linux? > > Well, Microsoft Office, Links386 (a golf game which I enjoyed immensely > in my days on DOS), a flight simulator is another app I miss, and my > Dad wants to use Quicken. Microsoft Office is of the kind "office suit". Applixware exists. Games are games. Quicken-like applications also exist. So, all kinds of applications you enumerated exist. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself a little more?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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