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From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: LINUX SUCKS!!!!
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 12:04:18 GMT
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In article <CyD8BK.ELL@bonkers.taronga.com> peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <JKH.94Oct27114615@freefall.cdrom.com>,
>Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> wrote:
>>In article <CyC5GA.LzE@bonkers.taronga.com> peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>   You're using an industry that's embracing NT close to its mercenary little
>>   heart as indicative of anything other than where ad dollars have been handed
>>   it (counting bribes to trade magazines, of course)?
>>Huh?  I wasn't aware that *anyone* was embracing NT close to their
>>hearts, mercenary or otherwise!
>Must be reading different trade magazines. There's not a lot of reports of
>people using it successfully, but it's sure getting a lot of puff pieces
>thrown its way.

It was a fast well priced file server. 3.5 now has this idiot client license
system so with lots of clients its like Novell - ludicrously expensive. How
can it be justified too - it doesn't cost microsoft any more if you add more
clients using the box.

SAMBA under Unix is at least free allbeit a little slower.

Alan
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