[tex-live] OT: Why use Windows [was: Re: Perl for Windows]

[Zdenek Wagner]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Juergen Fenn wrote:

> Not quite sure whether we are a special species. Sooner or later
> you'll find that some application you really need is not available for
> other platforms, so you stick to Windows. Back when I had Linux in a
> dual boot installation I had to reboot to Windows so often it just
> didn't make much sense any more to run Linux for teXing only. I also
> cannot say that I am completely unhappy with my platform of choice. In
> the first place it is very easy to get support in any form for Windows
> systems. The main problem is not Windows, but the omnipresent MS
> Office on Windows systems. But this is really OT, except for that it
> shows how important a Windows version of TL really is.
>
Most MS Office documents may be processed by OpenOffice.org and now even
VMware Server is free so that you can have Windows inside Linux. See
www.vmware.com -- I use this solution in my computer because sometimes I
really need Windows.


Zdenek Wagner
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