[Qgis-user] What is the matter with QGis versus MS Windows?

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Mats,

At our local government we are using QGIS Trunk (1.4) on Windows XP 
without major problems. We are using the OSGeo installer where we can 
test and update from time to time.

I am personally using QGIS on all three platforms: windows, os x and 
linux. I can say that every platform has it's more or less equal share 
of problems with QGIS. I cannot say that Windows is an exception here. 
As you said, at my workplace I cannot decide on the platform. I have to 
use Windows. We are using Windows XP, like the majority of the windows 
users. I can imagine that being on the bleeding edge (like Windows 7 or 
Windows Vista) can lead to additional problems. On which version of 
Windows are you testing QGIS?

But then most of our other commercial software isn't supported on Vista 
or Windows 7 as well. QGIS wouldn't be an exception.

Finally - can you please be more specific what the problems are - like 
coming up with a list of unsolved problems, linked to the bug-tracker or 
at least email conversation on this list?

Thanks for helping to improve QGIS on the Windows platform. I think that 
the QGIS team is well aware that Windows is an important target platform.

Andreas


Mats Elfström wrote:
> Hi! (this is a bit OT rant)
>  
> What it the matter with Qgis versus MS Windows?
> According to w3schools, the windows family operating systems account 
> for 90% of all users world wide.
> There is nothing to indicate that GIS people should differ from this 
> pattern.
> Open source should not be platform dependent but I still claim that 
> QGis is.
> There are dozens of Mac and Linux versions with funny names but only 
> two Windows versions that apparently never works satisfactorily.
> I have all but given up recommending QGis for Windows systems.
>  
> For those of you who like me belong to the unimaginative majority of 
> windows users, take a look at MapWindow Open Source GIS
> http://www.mapwindow.org/
> which installs and runs flawlessly on 90% of the worlds computers.
>  
> Cheers, Mats.E
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