Linux alternatives to Windows apps

[XMEN Gambit]

If you hadn't heard, over the next few weeks - starting tomorrow - MS is <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgr ... x.gbl%253E" target="top">terminating almost all support</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> for Windows 95/98 and several things (Outlook, etc) from 2000 version and eariler.<br><br>A Linux site has <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.linux.ie/newusers/alternatives.php" target="top">published a list</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> of alternative applications to help home or business users make the transition to Linux instead of getting shoved around by M$.<br><br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[THZGryphon]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>instead of getting shoved around by M$<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Well there is a point when it is not cost effective to support outdated versions of software. <p><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.thzclan.com/gryphav.gif/sigs.php"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.thzclan.com/gryphav.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.thzclan.com/cam/index.php?zo ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.thzclan.com/cam/gryphon/thb_ccam.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.thzclan.com/tcdb">Tribes Clan DB</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> - List your Tribes1/2 Clan, Guild, Fansite, League, or Script site<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.thzclan.com/snooknet">Gryphon, LLC</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> - My WebDev Adventures<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.planettribes.com">PlanetTribes</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> - Adminstrator<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.planetplanetside.com">PlanetSide Shuttle</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> - Newsie Extraordinaire<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.alliedtribalforces.com">Allied Tribal Forces</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> - A PlanetSide alliance started by Tribesplayers</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

I think the thing that chaps Gambino's hide is that MS wants to NOT support the product, but still keep the license for it.<br><br>That's STUPID IMO. If you aren't going to let something go, you should have to maintain it.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Well there is a point when it is not cost effective to support outdated versions of software.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>True. But look at the list:<!--EZCODE CODE START--><pre> Office XP DeveloperVisio 2000BackOffice Server 2000Office 2000 DeveloperOffice 2000 ToolsOffice 2000 MultilingualOffice 2000 Premium SR-1Office 2000 Service Pack 2Outlook 2000Project 2000SQL Server 7SQL Server 7 Service Pack 3Embedded Visual Tools 3.0Visual Studio 6 MSDEIE 5.5MapPoint 2002Visual Studio 6.0 SP3 and SP5Windows 98Windows 98 Y2KWindows 98 Resource KitWindows 98 SP1 (all win98 except SE)Windows NT 4.0ISA Server 2000Visual Basic for (Alpha Systems)</pre><!--EZCODE CODE END--><br><br>While I can see killing something like Win98 or NT4, a lot of these things are pretty much current version minus one or two. Everything on the list was sold by MS more recently than five years ago. When you buy something, how long do you expect it to last? Maybe if you buy the home edition of an OS for $100, it's no big deal when it's phased out three years later. But if you scraped up $1200 for, say, DevStudio 6, you'd like to see it maintained a little longer. <br><br>If, as Asha implied, they released the source, then the open-source community could maintain it and keep it current.<br><br>But what really bugs me is that they have the ability to do this and not worry about the consequences or unhappy customers, because they know enough people have to suck it up and buy the upgrade. I hate monopolies. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> This is the kind of arrogance that just about tore IBM apart with the anti-trust laws. And then they try to blame the issue on the Sun lawsuit, when the problem was theirs in the first place for not implementing Java like they agreed to, but their own little derivative. <p></p><i></i>