Selling Linux to Windows Users

[Chris G]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05:46:33PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/12/10 Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> I would agree that there isn't much you can do in Linux that can't be
> >> done in Windows, but there are certainly plenty of specific applications
> >> that won't run on Windows.
> >>
> > ... and vice versa...
> >
> > I would agree that there isn't much you can do in Windows that can't be
> > done in Linux but there are certainly plenty of specific applications
> > that won't run on Linux. :)
> >
> 
> The difference here, Gilles, is that there _is_ Windows software for
> which no Linux equivalent exists. Solidworks (CAD) for instance.
> 
I'm sure we can find lots of opposite examples, especially in the
field of server type utilities and programs.

It's a pointless argument IMHO.

-- 
Chris Green