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Joseph Bissot (bissot@deltanet.com) wrote:
: > Like Linux, I presume? What the advocates of 95 and NT forget is that the 
: > shit costs a lot of money, especially the NT. And you can't rule out the 
: > RAM costs, no matter how carefully one shops around. Let's face the ugly 
: > fact. Some people can't afford the requirements of NT. While the cost of 
: > the RAM will surely continue to fall, it's apparent to me that M$ will 
: > make even more bloated software demanding even more computing power 
: > faster than it can become affordable.
: > 
: > Cost is the number 1 reason I use Linux.

: Very true... but my time is worth far more than the cost of my hardware. 
: People who have important things to do can't afford the extra time. Linux is 
: a time intensive OS by comparison to NT. Never mind the fact that nobody will 
: build a turn-key anything on Linux. 
Opps, I have to disagree,  Last Friday I was invited to an open house where the
main attraction was a "turn-key" Firewall system (Linux based).  Slick system,
point and click firewall maintenace.  Called the Orion from Zebu Systems.


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