Christian, et al.

I don't want anybody to misunderstand my intentions here. I agree that Linux
is an excellent powerful platform to deploy a webserver on, but for internet
design Linux falls a little short for a couple of reasons. Peter made an
excellent point and that was simply that the better design apps are all
written for Mac/Windows, and not for Linux. Also, to the best of my
knowledge, Linux does not have any color management software, which I find
to be rather important for doing design work. 

The single biggest argument against Linux as a design tool is the requisite
knowledge of UNIX. UNIX OSs are very powerful and flexible, but as long as
the user is required to know UNIX to perform simple regular functions the OS
is unusable by the vast majority of consumers. Which is the main reason that
I can't wait for MacOS X, which should be out later this year. The ease of
use of MacOS combined with the power, reliability, and flexibility of UNIX.
But for now I will sacrifice a little of the UNIX benefits on my desktop for
ease of use, the server is a different story though, give me UNIX or give me
death. Just don't give me Windows.

--
John Blakie
Intranet Development Specialist
Lucent Technologies
jblakie(at)lucent.com
--
"Never send a ferret to do a weasel's job." - Louis The Lizard


-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Lavoie [mailto:clavoie(at)enter-net.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 8:47 PM
To: Blakie, John F (John)
Cc: HWG-software
Subject: Best OS for HTML authors. (Was: RE: software to change res.
without restart.)


> The software that I use to switch my monitors resolution, bit depth, 
or even
> which monitor to put my main desktop on is MacOS 8.5. None of which 
requires
> a reboot.

> I don't mean to be rude to the people that started this thread, but 
since
> the world is full of mis-information about the "Other OS" I just had 
to
> reply.

> Another added benefit of MacOS 8.5 that most people don't know is that 
MacOS
> 8.5 can handle Network Profiles. This is a very nice feature(I refuse 
to do
> without it) for those of us that do internet design. For instance, say 
you
> have two different ISPs that you need to have access to, and they have
> different network settings, such as, DNS numbers, or maybe one has a 
static
> IP and the other dynamic. I can switch between different network 
settings
> with two clicks(1 to open a menu and 1 to switch settings), and it 
takes
> less than a second for the change to be made, then I dial. No reboot, 
no
> hassles. Welcome to MacOS.

> And no, I'm not an Apple employee, just a user that is tired of 
hearing all
> of the mis-information that is going around about the best consumer OS 
on
> the market today(BAR NONE!).

Ok, I'm aware that this can easily degrade in a flame war of some 
sort. It may even be unappropriate, but I don't think so. (And if it 
is, we'll be reminded).

Now, as I myself am an author, here's my point of view:

Linux rules, and here's why:

I can install Apache, and have full control over the environment, see 
the thing out of a REAL webserver and see how it reacts. I can debug 
my own server-side scripts and actually, get all of this FREE (which 
fits quite nicely in a student's budget, ;P ).

But as this is a discussion list, I'd like to hear what YOU think 
about the 'best OS' for HTML/Web developers.

Christian Lavoie
clavoie(at)enter-net.com
UIN: 947212

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