> Example: is there anybody out there doing natural science or engineering > on Linux machines right now who is NOT using any commercial software > whatsoever? There are yes but that's really irrelevant to the discussion anyway > And just because a "free" software product hasn't been updated in a > while does not mean that the software is useless. If you want to run prehistoric application software you'll need to install the right ancient supporting libraries. Just like in the windows world, except the windows folk generally seem to have bundled ancient DLLs with the applications while Linux proprietary app providers have assumed the installing user can go find them. > Any thoughts? I can still happily run 1993 applications on my current system with the right libraries added. There is very little that doesn't work and that tend to divide into two categories 1. System configuration tools for very old interfaces 2. Programs with fundamental bugs that happen to show up nowdays due to thinks like faster processor speeds, incorrect assumptions in the code etc. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
