Re: Lack of innovation

+++ Pablo Vieira [15/10/03 22:16 +0200]:
>    Microsoft software but new inventions, urgently. When it comes to
>    email and PIM they'll point you to Evolution (Outlook clone). When it

for email, mutt is second to none and hell would probably freeze over before
you could find the windows client from which mutt was cloned :o)


>    comes to office productivity, they'll point you to OpenOffice.org (an
>    MS Office clone). I would say to those making big efforts in cloning

this has a lot to do with the fact that most documents in an office
environment are done with office and any other software would need to be
"compatible". for what it's worth, MS-Word is a wonderfull piece of software
as long as it does not crap out and lose a design document in the process.
but when it comes to creating a document quickly that includes tables,
diagrams etc, i have yet to see anything match word for the speed and ease 
with which it can get the job done.


>    Maybe I just hear stuff from the ones that speak louder and people
>    here can point me to truly innovative Linux software focusing
>    on humans (i.e. well thought user interfaces), ease of use,
>    simplicity, hidden power vs. visible featuritis, etc.

hehehe, try these:
screen
mutt
vim
mp3blaster
(g)mplayer



mario
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