2011/1/19 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>
On 1/19/2011 10:43 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:You are biased by having learned to live with the restrictions of old
>
>> The difference is that open source server software has been 'feature
>> complete' for ages and the standards processes that change client/server
>> interactions are very, very slow - so outdated versions of server
>> software is not a problem as long as bug/security fixes are made.
>> That's not true for desktop applications and environments. If you don't
>> have something current you are missing the improvements that many
>> thousands of man-hours of work have made. Personally, I use Windows at
> <snip>
> I'll disagree here: I've seen hardly any "improvements" in any of the
> (admittedly not a lot) of software I run. As a definition of this, let me
> note that in '95, PC Mag ran a review of word processors, and noted that
> 90% of the users (then) used only 10% of the features, and the other 10%
> of users who *did* use those features only used them about 10% of the
> time.
cruft. At the very least you have to be able to exchange data files and
view all common media files on a desktop. What do you do when someone
gives you a docx or xlsx file?
Sorry, but Outlook 2003 and 2007 are huge improvements over earlier
> The last "oh, I like this" feature I can remember was when firefox
> introduced tabs. On the other hand, a *lot* of "improvements" I find more
> and more objectionable, such as thunderbird trying *very* hard to look and
> act more and more like Lookout, er, Outlook, and I *LOATHE* the latest
> versions of Outlook.
versions - and lacking tight integration between messaging and
calendar/scheduling has been one of the places where free software
really missed the boat.
And remember that firefox/openoffice are rare exceptions in RHEL/Centos
in that they have had major-version updates since the distro release,
even though they still are far behind 'current' now. The rest of the
distro is much older and doesn't do much of what people do with desktops
today (subscribing to podcasts, media playing, serving media to other
devices, etc.).
so, in the end, i believe we all agree that the distro choice depends on the user needs .
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