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Re: [TCLUG:3331] Windows NT pricing





On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Anthony Beltran wrote:

> 
> Hi:
> 
> Some of the current advantages of the Linux environment
> compared to the Windows environment may start to disappear
> as window managers and applications move toward the same
> level of user-friendliness as is provided by the Windows
> environment.  With KDE, for example, you have a much
> more resource-hungry environment than you have with
> the smaller window managers such as FVWM and MWM.
> Integrated office applications such as StarOffice and
> Applixware (which I use) can be just as big and resource-
> hungry as their Windows counterparts.
> 
> I am not making a value judgement here (e.g. good vs bad),
> but just an observation.  User-friendliness has its price,
> expressed in terms of resource usage and software complexity.
> The UNIX environment, to me, has historically promoted the
> idea of small, specialized applications working in harmony
> to achieve the desired objective.  However, that approach,
> while great for programmers and technical people, requires
> a higher level of computer literacy from the causual user.
> 
And, of course, one of the big strengths of Linux is that you can make it
go either way.  Resource hungry for the timid, lean and mean for the
technical.  

Jim Raney
Sysadmin, Citilink Internet, Inc.