From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS.
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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 19:12:30 GMT
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:52:09 +0400, "Alexei A. Frounze"
<alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote:

>Bernhard Stiftner wrote:
>> 
>> I think there's only one consequence:
>> TOTAL BOYCOTT OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!!! WE DON'T NEED THAT
>> SUCKING STUFF!!! (THERE ARE ENOUGH ALTERNATIVES WE CAN USE!)
>> I think I will also turn to Linux next time, and I
>> encourage everyone to do so, too.
>
>The only problem with boycott is that microsoft office and other
>well-known products will be used anyway because there is not a lot
>of other well-known software capable to do the same work.

A quick browse through www.microsoft.com gives a list of their big
products.

BackOffice Family:
  NT Server: GNU/Linux
  SQL Server, Proxy Server: Free equivalents
  Exchange Server: Generic IMAP server
  IIS: Apache
  FrontPage extensions: Apache modules

Dev Tools Family:
  Visual J++: Sun JDK; Borland JBuilder
  Visual C++: Emacs + GTK/Glade + GCC; RHIDE + Allegro + GCC
  Visual Basic for Apps: Python; other languages
  Visual Everything Else: the equivalent *n?x tools
  Etc., etc.

Office Family:
  StarOffice; Applixware; GNOME Office (in development)

Windows Family:
  MS-DOS: DR DOS; FreeDOS
  NTVDM: DOSEmu
  Windows NT: Red Hat Linux Pro
  Windows 9x: Red Hat Linux + Wine
  IE: Netscape 6

>Yes, it sucks. But if we have no alternate software, we can do nothing.

Are you sure we have no alternate software?
Have you asked in c.o.l.a?

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