Re: Take the 100% Open Source poll WAS Video Cards

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 21:10 -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> JT Moree wrote:
> >>> works just fine. I don't know how many people on this list actually use
> >>> linux, let alone use it full time. I think there are only a couple of us that
> >>> are 100% linux all the time. Proves a point that even the linux groups still
> >>> use windows, so how am I to convince ceo's based on facts like that?
> >
> > That's a very good question. How many of us eat our own dogfood?
> >
> > Would everyone be willing to take a poll?
> > http://www.pcxperience.com/WebGUI/index.pl/polls
>
> I'm not 100% OSS, never was, and never will be. In the end, limiting
> yourself to one software development methodology (Open Source) or
> philosophy (free software) limits your choices far too much. I use the
> software that best fits my needs.
>
> Now this happens to be OSS products most of the time just because the
> quality and fit for my needs tends to be so high. But I'm wedded to any
> particular product.
>
> For instance, I use OS X as my primary home desktop. OS X may be a PITA
> to use as any kind of server, but it excels as a desktop. Just today, I
> had to watch some presentation for work which absolutely would not work
> under Linux (some combination of a newer RealPlayer and Flash was
> needed). I just opened up my Powerbook and was watching it within
> seconds... no muss, no fuss.
>
> So I'm using OS X yet I use Firefox for my browsing and Thunderbird for
> mail. Why not Safari and Mail.app? Well, I do use them at times.
> Firefox/Thunderbird just fit my needs better right now. If either
> Safari or Mail.app get better, then I will have no problem at all switching.
>
> At work, I use OSS products (via SUSE Linux) almost exclusively... with
> the notable exception of a handful of products that I must use that
> require Windows (MS VC++ for one project, etc). I don't use non-OSS for
> my day-to-day work since OSS software perfectly fits all of my needs.
----
just an FYI to Linux users willing to install proprietary 'BLOBS' as
Hans calls them...

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/

Adobe's beta version of Flash Player 9 (Linux plug-in and standalone
player available)

Craig

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