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Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
"Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eAbrJH4tJHA.5836@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Stan" <Stan57@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OlU3eB4tJHA.1212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
{What you can't do with Ubuntu:

Run some MS or other niche programs like AutoCad. Most video games won't
work with Ubuntu either so if you're into games, dual boot with XP.}

Telling half truths again 99% of windows programs do not run or even run properly,

Err WHY would you want to run Windows programs on Linux?
I get pretty annoyed with twits like you who constantly trot out this STUPID statement..
Either run Windows, and the programs associated with it, or run another OS and run the programs associated with that.
This business of "Linux won't run X Y and Z WINDOWS programs" is a pathetic attempt to try to rubbish a perfectly good OS that gets along perfectly well with it's own applications.
And yes I run both Vista with Office 97 and Linux with Open Office.

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That is exactly the point. If people want to run Windows programs, the best OS is Windows, not a Linux Distro. Even the authors of many Linux applications accept that while they might provide something of an alternative, they are rarely, if ever, the equal of Windows stuff.

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.

This is ok for people who start on Open Source programs, but not good for those who get used to or have need of the features in a Windows program..

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.

The 'Alias' message fails to point out that, while Ubuntu is an alternative, anybody switching over to Ubuntu will be faced with the prospect of having to use lesser alternative programs.

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.

He also fails to point out that anybody switching to Ubuntu will no longer be able to use their local friendly PC store for help and advice, and that buying peripherals may not be quite as straightforward as it would be for a Windows user.

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.

If he was sending his message out as a true Linux aficionado instead of as a Microsoft hater, his posts would contain way more real info than they do.

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.


Instead, his presence here attracts other nuts whose prime motivation in life appears to be a desire to act as much like a juvenile delinquent as possible, which in turn spoils it for those who come here looking for serious help..

Ill informed opinion posted as fact.

Got any more FUD and ill informed opinions you'd like to try and fool people into thinking they're facts?

Alias


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