Messages in this thread |  | | From | Jelle Foks <> | Subject | Re: If Linux is to succeed | Date | 24 Jan 1997 14:34:49 GMT |
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Jason Benderly <jbenderl@PaineWebber.COM> wrote: > Hi,
> Sorry for the waste of bandwidth but the subject is > the most important one facing Linux, and it has been > mentioned on the list.
> Linux needs applications to succeed in business. No question > about it. Not the pathetic Applix or buggy WordPerfect. Why is > it that the Windows API has not been ported to Unix? Why not the > Microsoft Foundation classes? Why not ActiveX/OLE/DCOM.
> Microsoft operating systems are second rate. Everyone knows that. > Microsoft applications and applications architectures are the very best. > Everyone knows that too, and that is why they hold 90% of the market.
This is B.S.
If MS is second rate, then why implement all that MS support on Linux?
Java will save the world... amen.
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