In defense (was Re: what to do about Windows email worms)

[alfred.j.wheeler at verizon.net (Alfred Wheeler)]

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I would like to see the Linux based power apps polished up for primetime
distribution. So many are close, but ease of 'installation' and 'ramp
up' time are important to everyone and they are part of why M$ continues
to dominate the software markets.

Dan Barrett wrote:


>> On Wednesday 28 January 2004 08:40, Rich Braun wrote:
>>
>> My list includes:
>> - Excel/Word
>>
>>
>> OpenOffice 1.x works fine -- I say that as the lone Linux user in a
>> Windows-only shop.  It's in my interest to blend in and keep quiet, and I
>> haven't once had to ask anyone to translate a Word or Excel document
>> into an
>> open format for my benefit.  OpenOffice is only frustrated by one of our
>> in-house "applications" which is a dog's dinner of the worst variety of
>> script kiddie VB embedded in Excel.  Then again, it doesn't run on Excel
>> three quarters of the time, either.  I'm quietly replacing it with a
>> proper
>> J2EE application.
>>
>> - TaxCut
>> - Quicken
>> - Quickbooks
>>
>>
>> There are some GNUCash and Kapital users on this list: now's the time
>> for them
>> to pipe up.
>>
>>
>> - Exact Audio Copy
>>
>>
>> If it's CD audio extraction we're talking about, _nothing_ on earth comes
>> close to cdparanoia, and the best part is that Konqueror uses it and
>> lame to
>> give you drag-n-drop ripping.  Any other need you might have is
>> covered by
>> sox (ever need to convert NeXT .snd files into raw data and boost the
>> left-channel audio 10% in the process?  Yeah, me neither, but it's
>> great for
>> that kind of stuff).  WMA -> WAV can be done by mplayer.
>>
>>
>> - Citrix Client
>>
>>
>> If you area able to use Microsoft's Terminal Services client to
>> connect to the
>> box in question, rdesktop is a one-for-one replacement.  Again,
>> permits me to
>> do my job without raising any eyebrows.
>>
>>
>> As an added benefit to the above, I'm literally the only guy in the
>> office who
>> isn't affected when the latest and greatest Outlook scourge comes to town.
>>
>> Best,
>> d.
>  
>


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