__/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 11:09 \__
> In <mn.50847d6943149fab.58309@xxxxxxxxx> Gubo Dangle wrote:
>> Freeride formulated the question :
>>> On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:20:19 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bewildering speed? You are apparently bewildered easily. Linux has
>>>> taken 15 years to even approach the desktop of Windows 10 years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>> Compare Linux 5 years ago to Linux today, then compare Windows 5
>>> years ago to what is comming out with Vista. Linux is on a much
>>> faster pace of development and Microsoft seems to be slowing.
>>
>>
>> KDE has gone from 3.0 to 3.5 in 5 years.
>
> Bollocks.
>
> Kde 2.2.1 was the current version when XP was released.
Behold the progress (pictures are louder than words):
http://schestowitz.com/IMG/blog/windows-ajax.jpg (XP 2001)
http://schestowitz.com/IMG/blog/longhorn_beta.jpg (Longhorn 2005)
http://kde.org/screenshots/kde2shots.php (KDE 2.x, 2001)
http://kde.org/screenshots/kde350shots.php (KDE 3.x)
And let's spice it all up with some parallel X11 progress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws
2001 Was a different era altogether.
Today, in 2006, Linux makes Windows (even OS X) looks amateurish -- a
compromise to those fearing an upgrade.
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