Mac look alike?

[Mark Traceur]

> I fail to see the line you draw between "acknowledges that MSO is the
> right tool for many jobs expected of a student" to "other operating
> systems will appreciate my help". In any case, I do regularly
> contribute to the mailing lists of several Linux-based operating
> systems and I feel generally appreciated at all of them. I fail to
> understand why you even mention it.

The right tool, maybe, but OOo is an acceptable alternative, and is
what runs on Ubuntu. If you're using MSO, you're not using Ubuntu.
This is the Ubuntu list.

> You carefully edited out the rest of the question, which included
> statements such as "But I've never used a Mac so I've no idea really
> what she is looking at" and doubts about "things that a Mac does that
> can be cloned". Answering partial questions is a manipulative tactic,
> please try to present Ubuntu in an unbiased fashion as it is perfectly
> capable of standing on it's own merits without manipulative
> persuasion.

Answering *on-topic* questions and ignoring requests for help with M$
products is a perfectly acceptable practice in the context of this
list.

> I do not think that there is a free/libre replacement of MS Windows,
> Solidworks, Quicken, or many other proprietary applications. I know
> about ReactOS, various FOSS CAD tools, and GNUcash, however, none of
> them perform all the functions of their proprietary counterparts. For
> many users (arguably most) the FOSS replacements are good enough. But
> not for everybody.

I didn't say REPLACEMENT.

> alternatives

There's a very important difference: Alternatives do approximately the
same thing, but in a different way. Replacements emulate both to a T.
There doesn't need to be a replacement for Windows, but an alternative
is available (it's called Linux) for people who hate the system.

-- 
MarkTraceur

Microsoft does half the work that Open Source developers do, and they
get all the money. Where's the justice there?

Does even a single person here prefer info pages to man pages?  -
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