I'm interested. Where do we start? Rick Engebretson wrote: > I don't see the need to concern ourselves with the latest M$ "big new > software package." Instead we should focus on integrating the many > outstanding Linux "add-on" software packages into the premier software > system. > > Recent technology history is full of M$ stories. Sony capitalized on the > transistor in the late 1950s. Litton capitalized on the microwave oven. > M$ has dominated the desktop PC. But you don't need a desktop for a PC > anymore. > > The overall Linux product (including "add-ons") is a compilation of many > contributors. This is both good and bad. The M$ big corporate umbrella > always integrates separate "programs" into a "next big package." (Visual > Basic, Front Page, and Internet Explorer were developed by others then > absorbed by M$.) Linux would benefit by a smoother integration, too. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Paul Overby Poverby at megsinet.net Office: 651-686-6074 Home: 452-3233