Asianux? Will they be able to bring down MS?

[maynoth]

I have read about Asianux which is alliance between China, Japan, and S. Korea... to develop a desktop Linux which will replace Windows.... I am excited... Do you guys think this could be the future of Desktop Linux here in the western world also?


http://news.com.com/Linux+companies+...3-5842733.html
http://www.asianux.com/

[Auriga]

What's this thing about "bringing down MS" - I just don't understand why people have big issues with MS.

Asianux looks ok, but i'm happy with my Fedora Core / XP dual boot so probably won't be interested unless 'something' turns my head.

[kilgoretrout]

There is a very unflattering review on on distrowatch:

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20050829#1

[maynoth]

Just wanna check, this thread doesn't offend anyone right? o_0

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by maynoth Just wanna check, this thread doesn't offend anyone right? o_0

Is that how you chose your title - to offend someone? To be perfectly honest, I'm getting a little tired of the anti-MS threads you're perpetrating. If you are enthused about a particular product, whether it's software or hardware, why can't you just promote what you like about it rather than constantly seek to find fault with MS? Be positive for a change instead of this negative comparison stuff.

[rspassey]

Amen Panama. I like my windows xp professional just fine.

[staticX]

personally I can't stand Microsoft... I will be glad when free and open software dominates commercial OS's.

Everyone seems to be ragging that kid a lot, I think people are entitled to have an opinion and not get flamed to death over it.

[Auriga]

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout There is a very unflattering review on on distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20050829#1

To say the least!

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by staticX personally I can't stand Microsoft... I will be glad when free and open software dominates commercial OS's. Everyone seems to be ragging that kid a lot, I think people are entitled to have an opinion and not get flamed to death over it.

No one is "ragging" on anyone and flaming is not allowed here at PC Mech. Having an opinion and expressing it is perfectly fine here too. But when someone constantly stands on a soap box, beats their chest and expounds that opinion over and over and over, it gets old after a while. PC Mech is a help forum not a blog where one can constantly berate a product. As I said earlier, we welcome a promotion of new products and services. The computer industry is growing and changing constantly and reading about technology on the horizon is educational and enlightening. We just don't need a steady diet of anti - anything whether it is software or hardware.

[Ind-PC_student]

I would say no need for ms$ to fall by other hands because I like linux as it is. and would be a great tragedy if it became the same as WIN$

with all the commercial burdens, it seems bad, but the only thing that ruined windows was bussiness people commanding the developers and giving them limited budgets and very tight schedules, and you can see the results on the news.

[Ind-PC_student]

Not a good idea, let MS remain MS and Linux remain LInux

Because i like better the open source bussiness plan, yes you heard me right open source itself Has its unique bussiness capabilities.

I see the Open Advantage in bussiness, I go every year to the linux expo and it is Very nice to se the different aproach linux has on the commercial front.

[faulkner132]

I see where this is going... and yes, Microsoft makes a quality product.
Is it the fastest? No.
The most stable? No.
Easy to use for non-techie people? Yes. (mainly because it is all they have ever used)

Additionally for developers, their stuff integrates so well, so this is a huge plus for business software as well.

Unless they do something really stupid, they are going to be around until someone else does what they did to IBM. Google maybe?

Everyone above has good points... it just boils down to what you like better.

[rspassey]

Yes ever single program becomes available for Linux and windows then I will switch to using Linux, Maybe, I have them both now, and well Linux is a nice OS for the older pc I have it running on, I much prefer gaming on my system (in sig) with xp pro. I find it very stable, and easy to use and know how to use in depth, I can run straight out of command promt if I wanted but why when I can just as easily open a file with a click on the mouse and same with copying files and what not.

[ffreeloader]

Additionally for developers, their stuff integrates so well, so this is a huge plus for business software as well.

Hmmmm.... Just what do you mean by this? Microsoft integrates well with Microsoft? It surely doesn't play nicely with other OS's. Microsoft pretty much has gone out of it's way to make sure of this. Ever tried to get SFU (Services for Unix) running on a Windows server? Not a task for the faint of heart. Ever tried to get a Samba server integrated into a Microsoft Active Directory domain? It's easier now than it used to be, but it's still not one of the easier things to do. And it's not Microsoft that has helped at all in making this possible. They've consistently thrown up roadblocks.

Ever tried to surf a site designed using Front page with an alternate browser? Microsoft doesn't integrate very well at all from what I can see. It only integrates with itself making companies dependent upon a single vendor and a single technology. I don't see this as a huge plus for businesses. Being locked into one vendor places a business at the mercy of that one vendor, and that's not a good thing.

[faulkner132]

Originally Posted by ffreeloader Microsoft integrates well with Microsoft?

That is exactly what I mean.

I agree with you 100%, the truth is the masses are vastly computer illiterate and are content with their ignorance. I do not mean this to come across as a bad thing at all, I couldn't fix my own car. As a result, they simply stick to what they know best... and that includes IT people/developers.

Added to the fact that Visual Basic is probably the easiest programming language to learn (by far) and EVERY product Microsoft makes has VB support... Microsoft has a nice thing going. So why would they ever bother introducing/supporting competition in their products? They never have in the past, and until more than 5% of computers are using something other Windows, I don't look for them to change.

I reiterate, Microsoft does make quality products, so I don't want to come across as trying to take anything away from them.

[ffreeloader]

That is exactly what I mean. I agree with you 100%, the truth is the masses are vastly computer illiterate and are content with their ignorance. I do not mean this to come across as a bad thing at all, I couldn't fix my own car. As a result, they simply stick to what they know best... and that includes IT people/developers.

OK. I was wondering what you meant because Microsoft products do not, on the whole, integrate very well. They have made sure of it by their habit of not being fully standards compliant in just about everything they produce.

[Ind-PC_student]

the truth is nobody should win the o/s wars the more competition the better the operating systems become [not just the commercial ones] ths law of competition appliest to all operating systems and not just linux and windows, also all of those listed in the www.freeos.com website the active ones of course.