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From what I've seen, compared to Windows, Linux is 5 times the effort. But
worth it for most things, sadly it takes time for a lot of siftware to be
ported to it and unless things change then this will be it's undoing, it'll
go the same way as OS/2 and Betamax.

OS/2 was much better than Windows, but the marketing machine that was IBM
fell to the might of Microsoft's marketing and the foothold they had on all
DOS/Windows users.

Betamax was superior to VHS but JVC (who own VHS) didn't make other
manufacturers pay royalties to them like what Sony did with Betamax although
once the VHS stronghold was cast in stone, JVC did start claiming moneys
back off of all the companies who had produced VHS recorders.


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Richard Watson <rwatson@pwdltd.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Al <sparta@DELETE.freeuk.com> wrote
> on Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:52:59 GMT:
> >On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:21:17 +0000, Hilary Gay <hilary@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
wrote:
> >
> >>> >If people can stump up the knowledge to do something like driving a
car
> >>> >(which is difficult enough) then surely they can come up with the
nous
> >>> >to use a computer. Can't they?
> >>>
> >>> I'd rather drive a car any day than continue the unequal struggle
> >>> with '95 and '98.
> >>
> >>No-one's forcing you to use MS products.
> >
> >Well I tried five different LINUXs and didn't get very far with
> >them either.
> >
>
> Maybe you should've spent 5 times the effort on one of the linuxes.
>
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