[ILUG-BOM] Re: a funny insident with me, gnu/linux debate.

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 18/09/06 09:34 +0530, krishnakant Mane wrote:
> indeed I totally agree that there should be a positive comparison
> between windows and gnu/linux.
> but that is all.  I agree that there is nothing like flash or autocad
> in gnu/linux and for me, there is no good screen reader alternative.

There is flash, there are CAD tools, just that they don't scale up to
the level of AutoCAD/Katia.

> having said that I also used gnu/linux extencively and im waiting for
> the orca screen reader to be released.  once that is done, I think
> windows will eventually vanish out of my house and office.

I don't know your requirements for a GUI, but I do know of at least one
totally blind server admin who exclusively uses the console and is happy
with it (Deedra Waters).

> talking about getting schools to use linux, well that's the way to go.
> today the main reason why there is all this problem of gnu/linux is
> not this and gnu/linux can't do that is because there are less
> gnu/linux users on the desktop.  this can only change if students are

Personally, I would rather see Linux on the corporate desktop. And on
government desktops. Once you have those in place, the rest of the world
will follow.

> thought gnu/linux right from their early age of learning computers.
> there should be a huge generation using gnu/linux so much so that due
> to its usability, new softwares will start to sproute.  imagine a
> photographer telling me "I have only learned gnu/linux, so while you
> develop that xyz software for my customised needs, make sure it runns
> on gnu/linux".

Speaking of which, http://nixcartel.org/~devdas/photos/ladakh-photos/
Digital photos post-processed with ufraw and ImageMagick (ufraw can't do
a good jpeg dump directly, so I had to route it via TIFF).

Devdas Bhagat

> that should happen very often.
> by the way I think there are very few situation where hardware support
> is not present in today's linux kernel.  the days of heavy
> incompatibility are by far gone.  infact when the gentelman from M$

Winmodems, USB DSL modems, 3D video cards. It breaks _just_ enough that
people don't like it.

Devdas Bhagat