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Re: UK sunday times linux article

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From: Nigel Allen
Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 00:00
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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.
>
>Comparing Linux to something like SCO Unix is like comparing todays
>internal combustion engine with a steam engine. The Sunday Times article
>is unquestionably written for average computer users, not "those who
>know what they are doing". Linux may be many things but for the average
>or even advanced computer user it really is the OS from hell.
>
>Incidently, I have Linux (Slackware version) on one of my computers.
>Every time I want to raise my blood preasure, I use it (or try to) for
>an hour or so. Just a Colonial viewpoint of course!
>-- 
>Doug Smith,
>Webmaster, http://www.netkiosk.com.au

This is a piss take right ????


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