Win8 not MS only flop

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VanguardLH typed:
Yeah, I know, in a Windows 8 newsgroup this probably amounts to
heresy. While I have to learn (for testing and support) and sometimes
have to use Windows 8, it won't be my personal choice on my own
computers.

I remember an old rule from the 70's and 80's that stated you don't pick
the OS first. As you pick the applications that you want to run and then
pick the OS that will run them. I don't know why many today just doesn't
have a clue. As it is still so true today.

I still run Windows 98, 2000, XP, 7, and 8. And most of the time it
doesn't matter much to me except when I want to run a certain
application that won't run on all of them. Oddly enough, XP remains to
be able run more of my apps than any other OS. OS themselves are just
not that exciting to me. After all, there has been lots of great OS
before, but many of them turned out to be worthless without any killer
apps to go along with them.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

BillW50 wrote:

In ,
VanguardLH typed:
Yeah, I know, in a Windows 8 newsgroup this probably amounts to
heresy. While I have to learn (for testing and support) and sometimes
have to use Windows 8, it won't be my personal choice on my own
computers.

I remember an old rule from the 70's and 80's that stated you don't pick
the OS first. As you pick the applications that you want to run and then
pick the OS that will run them. I don't know why many today just doesn't
have a clue. As it is still so true today.

I still run Windows 98, 2000, XP, 7, and 8. And most of the time it
doesn't matter much to me except when I want to run a certain
application that won't run on all of them. Oddly enough, XP remains to
be able run more of my apps than any other OS. OS themselves are just
not that exciting to me. After all, there has been lots of great OS
before, but many of them turned out to be worthless without any killer
apps to go along with them.

Yep, pick the apps first and then the OS. The problem thereafter is
your criteria may change which means you might have to change the OS.
Nowadays a lot of my work could be done on *NIX or Windows but there is
also the number of offerings within your criteria that is vastly
different between these OS platforms. You might find half a dozen apps
that will meet or sufficiently satisfy your criteria on *NIX but on
Windows there could be dozens of such apps. You have more choice
regarding end-user apps on Windows than *NIX (and is also true of Mac).

Still, there are now enough good apps on *NIX platforms that will do the
majority of my work. When it comes to games, though, I would still need
a Windows platform (and not an emulated one). It's not choosing tasks
and then finding the apps on the best OS platform. It's also about
level of support, apps being actively maintained, and having lots of
choices. When you want a file server and that is it's only purpose
then, yes, listing criteria, finding apps that work best on which OS
platform is wiser. For end-user hosts that run all sorts of apps, the
OS choice gets a bit messier. Most users won't bounce between OSes. I
do that at work but I won't at home.

On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 18:25:41 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

I couldn't find a free version of Softmaker Office Suite on their web
site. Later I did an online search on "Softmaker office free" and found
their independent www.freeoffice.com site. That is free. So now I'll
have to find some comparative reviews between Kingsoft Office Suite Free
and Softmaker FreeOffice. Thanks for the heads up on the alternative.

The review at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2419014,00.asp may
be helpful.