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Rouxenator said:
Whatever you watch, support ReactOS :cool:
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ReactOS is basically based on Wine, so you mean people should support wine?

I use wine and the only app I've installed so far is mediacoder, everything else I need is native and I only boot windows to game and manage my iTunes library.
 
each to his own...some people like wearing a two tone shirt with pt shorts, some like wearing baggy pants displaying their whole bum, some like tailor made suits....doesnt matter which one is superior to the end user neccesarily, eventually the end user just want a environment where he feels "empowered" the default windows user feels intimidated by Linux or freeBSD because they are unfamiliar with the OS.
And most Linux fanboys feel restricted by the constraits of MS's wide array of OS's. So to each his own. I'm a linux fanboy but willing to agree that their is a reason why MS is still number one, people like it because they know it, doesnt make it better though..but for the people that prefer it whould function better.
 
Aqua_lung said:
ReactOS is basically based on Wine, so you mean people should support wine?

I use wine and the only app I've installed so far is mediacoder, everything else I need is native and I only boot windows to game and manage my iTunes library.
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ReactOS looks, feels, and smells like Windows. People like that familiar [-]stench[/-] smell so my hope (and some money) is on ReactOS.

Wine is only something the connoiseur understands, and it's purprose is that of entertainment and enjoyment. It is not meant for real work and stuff.
 
Rouxenator said:
ReactOS looks, feels, and smells like Windows. People like that familiar [-]stench[/-] smell so my hope (and some money) is on ReactOS.

Wine is only something the connoiseur understands, and it's purprose is that of entertainment and enjoyment. It is not meant for real work and stuff.
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if wine is for the connoiseur the windows must be what beer is to hillbilly's hehe:p
 
Rouxenator said:
ReactOS looks, feels, and smells like Windows. People like that familiar stench [-]smell[/-] so my hope (and some money) is on ReactOS.
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Indeed

Rouxenator said:
Wine is only something the connoiseur understands
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Do you like spreading BS? I only recently tried Wine and all I did was tick the box to install it using the repo browser, then found the software I want to install, clicked on the EXE and wine installed it auto-magically.

What are you on about? I'm a linux n00b and Wine required no effort from my side, you just have to know what works, what does not and what requires some tweaking.
 
Rouxenator said:
Wine is only something the connoiseur understands, and it's purprose is that of entertainment and enjoyment. It is not meant for real work and stuff.
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gun.foot.bang!

That sentence alone make it clear that you a) Have limited to no experience with wine and b) have no clue what wine is
 
Rouxenator said:
Wine is only something the connoiseur understands, and it's purprose is that of entertainment and enjoyment. It is not meant for real work and stuff.
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Okay, here we obviously have somebody who couldn't get a clue even if he was standing in the middle of a field full of horny clues, at the height of the clue mating season, covered from head to foot in clue pheromone.

Wine is regularly used in business for business purposes, whether the original or the commercialised version called "Crossover" or somesuch. I, as one small example, use Wine to run RF coverage plotting software which is very nice but only available for Windows. I also use it to run some radio programming software which, again unfortunately, is only available for Windows or DOS. Mostly DOS. Fortunately, those are the only packages from the MS hellhole that I need to run on a semi-regular basis. Everything else that I do on computers, business or pleasure, I do using open-source, be it Ubuntu or FreeBSD.

I've played with ReactOS and it's as stable as jelly nailed to the ceiling. It's also a project that is doomed to fail, ultimately. MS have become adept masters of the "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy - they should, they invented it - and the moment that ReactOS starts to even *hint* at becoming a contender, it'll be snuffed out through a combination of legal attacks, API changes and the usual FUD that MS spreads so lavishly.

*Trybble
 
Trybble said:
Okay, here we obviously have somebody who couldn't get a clue even if he was standing in the middle of a field full of horny clues, at the height of the clue mating season, covered from head to foot in clue pheromone.

Wine is regularly used in business for business purposes, whether the original or the commercialised version called "Crossover" or somesuch. I, as one small example, use Wine to run RF coverage plotting software which is very nice but only available for Windows. I also use it to run some radio programming software which, again unfortunately, is only available for Windows or DOS. Mostly DOS. Fortunately, those are the only packages from the MS hellhole that I need to run on a semi-regular basis. Everything else that I do on computers, business or pleasure, I do using open-source, be it Ubuntu or FreeBSD.

I've played with ReactOS and it's as stable as jelly nailed to the ceiling. It's also a project that is doomed to fail, ultimately. MS have become adept masters of the "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy - they should, they invented it - and the moment that ReactOS starts to even *hint* at becoming a contender, it'll be snuffed out through a combination of legal attacks, API changes and the usual FUD that MS spreads so lavishly.

*Trybble
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LOL this post cracked me up. :D
 
Tux said:
gun.foot.bang!

That sentence alone make it clear that you a) Have limited to no experience with wine and b) have no clue what wine is
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Wine is an excuse freetards use to get people to install linux to run windows apps with. Instead of installing windows to run windows apps with :p

porchrat said:
Woah that is an awfully fanboish thing to say. Could you provide some sort of evidence?
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UT3
 
Rouxenator said:
UT3
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AH I see. So "UT3" must be some sort of codeword for "all software".

Look I'm sorry your little game doesn't work on Linux, but saying that "Windows runs all the software out there" is a stupid statement.

I also fail to see how not being able to run UT3 means that it is impossible to "get the most done".
 
Rouxenator said:
Visio, MS Office, SQL Server, Caddie, Pastel, Visual Studio.... I can go on....
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OK I agree that there are no realistic alternatives for things like Pastel and other graphics stuff. Corel is another example, but come on... SQL Server?!? What is it, MySQL, postgreSQL and the rest too hard for you to learn?

I also agree that MS Office has some features that are handy to have, but the average can't even tell the difference between MS Office and OpenOffice.

You STILL haven't explained to me how ALL software runs on Windows.
 
porchrat said:
OK I agree that there are no realistic alternatives for things like Pastel and other graphics stuff. Corel is another example, but come on... SQL Server?!? What is it, MySQL, postgreSQL and the rest too hard for you to learn?

I also agree that MS Office has some features that are handy to have, but the average can't even tell the difference between MS Office and OpenOffice.

You STILL haven't explained to me how ALL software runs on Windows.
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The stuff I mentioned are part of ALL software. They ALL run on windows and not on Linux. Is that explanatory enough ?

MySQL, postgreSQL - nice try, but if I have a problem with them where can I talk to a representative of the company? I know where M$ are at and if I have a problem with an instance of SQL Server I can ask them to help.

Linux has not face so you cannot talk to "them" about support.
 
Rouxenator said:
The stuff I mentioned are part of ALL software. They ALL run on windows and not on Linux. Is that explanatory enough ?

MySQL, postgreSQL - nice try, but if I have a problem with them where can I talk to a representative of the company? I know where M$ are at and if I have a problem with an instance of SQL Server I can ask them to help.

Linux has not face so you cannot talk to "them" about support.
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Novell (a.k.a. Microvell) sell support, so does Red Hat and Canonical. MySQL has Enterprise solutions and let's not forget Oracle - it runs nicely on Linux. You do realise that some very large companies run Linux?
 
adrianx said:
Novell (a.k.a. Microvell) sell support, so does Red Hat and Canonical. MySQL has Enterprise solutions and let's not forget Oracle - it runs nicely on Linux. You do realise that some very large companies run Linux?
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Do you realise even more lage, medium and small companies run Windows ?
 
porchrat said:
OK I agree that there are no realistic alternatives for things like Pastel and other graphics stuff. Corel is another example, but come on... SQL Server?!? What is it, MySQL, postgreSQL and the rest too hard for you to learn?

I also agree that MS Office has some features that are handy to have, but the average can't even tell the difference between MS Office and OpenOffice.

You STILL haven't explained to me how ALL software runs on Windows.
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What is wrong with running Pastel using Wine (which is free and opensource) on Linux?
 
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