Satya Nadella

On 06/02/2014 5:12 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:16:20 -0500, Bob Henson wrote:


I've used Linux for years and never had a problem - maybe it depends
which one you use.

I used Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Sabayon, Trisquel, openSUSE and their
variants. Each of them had problems which required very unintuitive
'fixes.'

As I already said above, it lacks some heavyweight
software - which is why I use Windows 7 nearly all the time - but
perhaps now Linux most of the worlds' smart phones it may attract more
attention. For general mail, browsing and office work it is rock solid.

Unless you use Mozilla's suite of software at which point it uses way too
much memory, freezes up the computer and forgets configuration settings.
LibreOffice is also buggy and devoid of many critical features (as was
mentioned by others in this newsgroup earlier) and therefore not rock
solid.



Again, I've never had any problems with either - but perhaps I'm just
lucky. I've used Thunderbird and Firefox under Linux (Mint, Ubuntu
itself, and Debian stable) for some time, with no problems of any
consequence - no more than Windows anyway. I once had a problem with
Samba when printing over Wifi that took an hour or two to fix - but only
because I don't know much about Linux. When minor bugs arrive they are
fixed much, much quicker than Windows bugs. I may not have used
LibreOffice enough to find the bugs - none so far, anyway. I can only
say what I have found.

But, as I said, I use Windows 7 all the time until the day that Linux
catches up with the range of software - if it ever does.

--
Bob - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

Capitalism - the survival of the fattest.

Blue wrote:
Neil Gould wrote:
I
don't really understand gamers, since the various dedicated gaming
devices would appear to satisfy their need for pointless diversions.

Not even close. XBox, et al, only use thumbs. It hurts after awhile
for us older folks. I prefer a keyboard and mouse for gaming. It's
been said gaming helps prevent the various forms of dementia and,
well, they're fun to play!

I guess that's why I've stuck with WII for such things. And, I get some
general body exercise at the same time!
--
best regards,

Neil

On 02/06/2014 09:47 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
O
There was an 'opportunity for Linix to steal all of Microsoft's enterprise
market' for years. People made that claim when Windows ME came out, then
when Windows Vista came out and finally now that Windows 8 is out. The
reality is that enterprises stay away from GNU/Linux because it is
essentially awful. The third-party software is generally a buggy mess and
the operating system itself cannot be relied upon when updates are
deployed. GNU/Linux systems, when offered updates, often risk breaking
their system entirely if they actually update the system. You'd think that
can't be possible until you experience it yourself. If you don't believe
me, go on Google and search for 'update broke Linux.'




Extremely unlikely to cause a problem if using synaptic.

On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:18:59 -0500, philo wrote:

On 02/06/2014 09:47 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
O
There was an 'opportunity for Linix to steal all of Microsoft's
enterprise
market' for years. People made that claim when Windows ME came out, then
when Windows Vista came out and finally now that Windows 8 is out. The
reality is that enterprises stay away from GNU/Linux because it is
essentially awful. The third-party software is generally a buggy mess
and
the operating system itself cannot be relied upon when updates are
deployed. GNU/Linux systems, when offered updates, often risk breaking
their system entirely if they actually update the system. You'd think
that
can't be possible until you experience it yourself. If you don't believe
me, go on Google and search for 'update broke Linux.'

Extremely unlikely to cause a problem if using synaptic.

What does synaptic have to do with anything? I'm not referring to
installing new software, I'm referring to system updates.

--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is a duct-taped form of Communism

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Winston.

MSFT will never again release a bundled mail and news client.

....there's never been and never will be room for a combined mail/news
client ever again.

Will there ever again be any MSFT support for NNTP? At all?


Hi R.C.,

I doubt it. Support means dedicating resources and expense. MSFT with
its cash pile probably has enough to cover the expense, though the
tribal knowledge to maintain the support structure would appear to be
long gone.


--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps