Re: Emacs vista build failures

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

David Robinow wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
>> "David Robinow" <drobinow@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> My condolences.  See BadVista.org.
>>>  This comment is not helpful.
>> It would be helpful (for both you and the world at large) if it caused
>> you to abandon vista and give MS the boot once and for all -- and who
>> knows ...
>>
>> -Miles

> I've tried several linux distributions. I've never managed to get an
> internet connection.
> I prefer a solution that works.

My impression is that GNU/Linux has improved very much, maybe 
escpecially with the birth of the Ubuntu distribution. I do not run it 
myself, but will as soon as I find time.

The crucial point IMO is letting go of the "we are best" attitude. I 
know of a try 20 years ago where a site at a rather big company really 
did its best to try out unix on the desktops. Several contacts were made 
with the unix vendors. They all responded "we are best and will win the 
market". I think if they had listened and understood the problems faced 
by potential customers the situation might have been totally different 
today.