[Debian]:Micros~1 sucks

[Michelle Konzack <starone@cybercable.fr>]

>>
>> I think there's only one consequence:
>> TOTAL BOYCOTT OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!!! WE DON'T NEED THAT
>> SUCKING STUFF!!! (THERE ARE ENOUGH ALTERNATIVES WE CAN USE!)
>> I think I will also turn to Linux next time, and I
>> encourage everyone to do so, too.
>
>The only problem with boycott is that microsoft office and other
>well-known products will be used anyway because there is not a lot
>of other well-known software capable to do the same work.
>

A quick browse through www.microsoft.com gives a list of their big 
products.

BackOffice Family:
  NT Server:                  Debian/GNU-Linux
  SQL Server, Proxy Server:   mySQL or other Free equivalents
  Exchange Server:            Generic IMAP server
  IIS:                        Apache
  FrontPage extensions:       Apache modules

Dev Tools Family:
  Visual J++:                 Sun JDK; Borland JBuilder
  Visual C++:                 Emacs + GTK/Glade + GCC; RHIDE + Allegro + GCC
  Visual Basic for Apps:      Python, PHP, other languages
  Visual Everything Else:     the equivalent *n?x tools
  Etc., etc.

Office Family:
  MS-Office 97:               StarOffice; Applixware; 
                              GNOME Office (in development)

Windows Family:
  MS-DOS:                     DR DOS; FreeDOS
  NTVDM:                      DOSEmu
  Windows NT:                 Debian/GNU-Linux or Red Hat Linux Pro
  Windows 9x:                 Debian/GNU-Linux or Red Hat Linux + Wine 
  IE:                         Netscape 6

>
>Yes, it sucks. But if we have no alternate software, we can do nothing.
>

Are you sure we have no alternate software?


Michelle


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