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Doug Smith (doug@netkiosk.com.au) wrote:
: It's a sad thing indeed to read that someone claiming to "know what they
: are doing" is so willing to defend an operating system that at it's very
: best is still an experiment, free because even some five years after
: it's first introduction...Not even those people who "know what they are
: doing" have been able to stablize the kernel or develop simple, easy to
: use programs for it.

Hi, Doug. Looked on the net lately? Have you noticed that W3org's latest
browser rides on Linux-born technology? Have you noticed that if you
really want to run M$-Word on Linux, you can (there are several Word
clones)? Have you discovered the Linux 0.99-something system which has
been up continuously since that version was installed? Which of the
twenty or so Linux spreadsheets would you like to use? Why do so many
ISPs use this terribly "unstable" operating system? Could you find any
other multi-user multi-tasking networking operating system which would
run an actual application on my 2MB 386SX laptop? (it runs three or
four real applications at once in that) Sure, NT runs on an Alpha as
well as a PC, but how about a Mac, Amiga, SparcStation, Fujitsu, Vax?
How many other OSes could replace a bulldozered ethernet cable with
two RS232D connectors and a 3-core extension (mains!) cord, in less
than 15 minutes, and not die under the load? Now, do all of this for
free. G'wan, I dare you! (-:


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