i'm willing to bet that MS PPTP is propriatory. There's a lot of things that open source programmers would include, if it was possible. On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > >This is not a deep thought but something that occurred to me that I have not > >seen commented on anywhere else. If you were a windows user you would feel > >really at home in psyche. Most windows users get no farther than using Windows > >office and a browser. In RH 8 there they are on the task bar. The main menu > >looks vaguely familiar. You can run a program from the run option or choose from > >added programs which look a lot like the selection in windows. Sure there is > >more depth than that in RH 8 but it looks like a real attempt on Red Hat's part > >to sell the product to former Microsoft fans. The Windows office files seem > >even compatible with psyche office files. > >Quite a clever strategy if you ask me. What so others think? > > > > > There are areas that will turn power users of Microsoft right off. It > was really nice to see a VPN connection offered in "neat" in a standard > install--but it doesn't work. (Missing a directory and a device, two > items that appear if you install everything.) The VPN uses CIPE, not > Microsoft PPTP--which makes it completely unusable in an already > existing infrastructure... > > Alan > -- > Alan Peery > peery@io.com > > > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
