Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rufus Handsome" <> | Subject | RE: What do people thjnk? | Date | Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:20:43 -0700 |
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As a "former" Windows evangelist I agree.
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Evan Langlois > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 3:57 PM > To: linux > Subject: Re: What do people thjnk? > > > Don't read ZDNET. Those people are clueless and its all flame-bait. > We all know the issues mentioned their are pointless. Linux won't fork > cause its open-source, it will never be a monopoly cause its open-source, > and anyone complaining about compiling kernels and writing driver patches > doesn't seem to realize that the average user doesn't have to recompile a > kernel, and other people are available to write driver patches. People > complaining that the average user can't do these things obviously hasn't > installed a recent linux distro, nor have they tried having an "average" > user install windows. > > I installed RedHat 6.1 on a Dell server the other day. Tons of RAM, dual > processors, Adaptec 7xxx SCSI, Dell RAID array. Redhat just told me what > drivers It was loading (I didn't tell it) and it was installed, booted, > and already serving the default apache page in under 10 minutes. > > Ever change a video card under Windows? YIKES! Under Linux it usually > just detects the new card and works, and if you run redhat's kudzu or > something similar it re-runs the X configuration program so you can > change resolutions and such for the new card. Does Windows PnP work this > well? > > Give it time. IS Managers and end users both will love how easy this is. > They'll like how fast it is, and how reliable. We have a superior > product and even though superior products sometimes fail, Linux is taking > the world over at an amazing pace. > > To ZDNET from Cartman (my RedHat release) : "Screw you guys!" > > > >What do people (including Linus think of this?) > > > > > > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2470425,00.html?chk pt=zdnntop > > > The text largely contradicts the sub-headline. john
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