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Mike Dickson <news@blackcat..demon..co..uk> wrote 
on Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:24:54 GMT:
>In article <slrn885pim.jq.rwatson@bluesharp.pwdltd.co.uk> rwatson@pwdltd.co.uk wrote...
>
>> >and the useful software is written for Windows!
>>
>> Funny that. I always find that the useful software is available free for
>> Linux.
>
>I'm sure Linux is fine and dandy if you have a spare week or two to set
>it up and get it running properly, but most people just don't have that
>sort of time. 

Took me about 30-45 minutes to get fully installed with my printer and
modem working fine. I admit you work a bit slower for a while as you get
used to it, but that would be the same if you were using W98 for the first
time. In reality although there's a learning curve it's no steeper, it
just goes on for longer.

I would dare say that most people in this group could install linux onto a
PC and get it going quite well in an evening. And the fun part is that
more and more peope are doing it.

>I dislike MS and use their products seldom if ever, but I've been around
>this business long enough to know that the 'Unix is just around the
>corner' cry comes up about every three years or so, and this is just
>another example of it.

Unix isn't around the corner - it's here! (Well unix has been here for
ages, it's Linux we're talking about really)

If you don't mind expending a small amount of effort getting to know a few
basics you can have your own little unix on your own PC running
non-microsoft software reliably and in the very large part *free*.

Wake up and smell the coffee :-)

-- 
Richard Watson
rwatson@pwdltd.co.uk
Pentagon Web Design Ltd